Further reading

Check out the following resources for more information on the topics covered in this chapter:

• Metasploit's detailed communication and protocol writeup: https://www.exploit-db.com/docs/english/27935-metasploit---the-exploit-learning-tree.pdf
• Metasploit's SSL-generation module: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/76954957c740525cff2db5a60bcf936b4ee06c42/lib/rex/post/meterpreter/client.rb
• Empire IOCs: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/detection/disrupting-empire-identifying-powershell-empire-command-control-activity-38315
• Microsoft's list of Windows versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions