Getting started with Metasploit Framework

With the installation complete, we can move on and look at Metasploit Framework's usage. The most common way of interacting with Metasploit Framework is through msfconsole. The console provides all the functionalities and options that are available in a very simplistic command line for efficient testing and exploitation (infiltration).

Interacting with Metasploit Framework using msfconsole

You can interact with MSF console either in normal mode, using the msfconsole command, or you can run the MSF console command in Quiet mode. The only difference between these modes is the absence of errors, warnings, and banners in the console. Running in normal mode will make a cool MSF banner...