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| author | Andrea Villa <andreakarimodm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-22 00:25:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Niels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org> | 2013-06-22 21:34:48 -0300 |
| commit | e4dce646b1267c9fee4c6524471487a6ce18bfe2 (patch) | |
| tree | 307aa2acee076335befe133e9f0e2d75e5308f6b /network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE | |
| parent | f10e44de63078dfa7d41864981d257c55603a927 (diff) | |
network/metasploit: Updated for version 4.6.0.
Signed-off-by: Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE | 13 |
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diff --git a/network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE b/network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE index 7e4396e081ac2..276887a723b5f 100644 --- a/network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE +++ b/network/metasploit/README.SLACKWARE @@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ like: fi to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown to stop the service. + +Please note that rc.metasploit only starts the framework's PostrgreSQL database. +In latest releases, Rapid7 introduced a product key mechanism to the framework. +In order to run pro applications included, the user requires a valid product key +released by Rapid7; those are disabled for running by default. Upgrading the +whole binary distribution is also not possible without the key, altough msf3 +core directory (which contains the exploits' code as well as all the other modules) +will be upgraded by "msfupdate" as expected. +Product key is therefore not required in any way to use the full capabilities +of the framework, as well as upgrading correctly the core directory through git. +In case you want to obtain a valid product key, it is possible to register the +Metasploit Community Edition for free. + Default database server listening port is 7175, if you want to use another port, just export the PG_PORT variable when running the SlackBuild, like this: |