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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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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

Using the hosts command

Now that we have data in the database, we can start by using the hosts command to display all the hosts stored in our current workspace:

How to do it...

  1. Issuing the hosts command with -h will display the help menu:
msf > hosts -h
Usage: hosts [ options ] [addr1 addr2 ...]
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OPTIONS:
-a,--add Add the hosts instead of searching
-d,--delete Delete the hosts instead of searching
-c <col1,col2> Only show the given columns (see list below)
-h,--help Show this help information
-u,--up Only show hosts which are up
-o <file> Send output to a file in csv format
-O <column> Order rows by specified column number
-R,--rhosts Set RHOSTS from the results of the search
-S,--search Search string to filter by
-i,--info Change the info of a host
-n,--name Change the name of a host
-m,--comment Change the comment of a host
-t,--tag Add or specify a tag to a range of hosts
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Available columns: address, arch, comm, comments, created_at, cred_count, detected_arch, exploit_attempt_count, host_detail_count, info, mac, name, note_count, os_family, os_flavor, os_lang, os_name, os_sp, purpose, scope, service_count, state, updated_at, virtual_host, vuln_count, tags
  1. Using the -c option, we can select which columns to display:
  1. With the -S option, we can search for specific strings, such as the OS name:
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Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition
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