Setting up multiple communication channels with the target

In this recipe, we will look at how we can set up multiple channels for communication with the target. We have discussed in the chapter's introduction that the communication between client and server in meterpreter is in encrypted form and it uses Type-Length-Value (TLV) protocol for data transfer. The major advantage of using TLV is that it allows tagging of data with specific channel numbers, thus allowing multiple programs running on the victim to communicate with the meterpreter on the attacking machine. This facilitates in setting up several communication channels at a time.

Let us now analyze how to set up multiple communication channels with the target machine using meterpreter.

Getting ready

Meterpreter provides us with a specific command named execute which can be used to start multiple communication channels. To start with, let us run the execute –h command to see the available options:

meterpreter > execute –h

Usage...