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Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook Evade antiviruses, bypass firewalls, and exploit complex environments with the most widely used penetration testing framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788623179
Length 426 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Monika Agarwal Monika Agarwal
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Abhinav Singh Abhinav Singh
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Preface 1. Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals FREE CHAPTER 2. Information Gathering and Scanning 3. Server-Side Exploitation 4. Meterpreter 5. Post-Exploitation 6. Using MSFvenom 7. Client-Side Exploitation and Antivirus Bypass 8. Social-Engineer Toolkit 9. Working with Modules for Penetration Testing 10. Exploring Exploits 11. Wireless Network Penetration Testing 12. Cloud Penetration Testing 13. Best Practices 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Meterpreter timeout control


Meterpreter timeout control allows us to control the timeout behavior in Meterpreter sessions. Controlling timeouts allows us to change the noise level and other communication features, such as the duration of the Meterpreter session.

How to do it...

  1. The get_timeouts Meterpreter command displays the current timeout configuration:
meterpreter > get_timeouts
Session Expiry : @ 2017-11-19 05:59:46
Comm Timeout : 300 seconds
Retry Total Time: 3600 seconds
Retry Wait Time : 10 seconds

Session Expiry specifies the timeout period assigned to the session, after which the session will be terminated. If network-related issues are preventing data from being transmitted between the two endpoints but don't cause the socket to completely disconnect, the Comm Timeout command allows you to specify how long Meterpreter will wait for communication before disconnecting or trying to reconnect, which by default is 5 minutes. The Retry Total Time is the total amount of time that Meterpreter...

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