Small Town Geeks

Metasploit is an open source framework for penetration testing. The Metasploit 4.0 framework is currently available for free download for Windows, Linux and Unix.

“Metasploit The Penetration Tester’s Guide” is authored by Kennedy, O’Gorman, Kearns and Aharoni and is published by No Starch Press just this year 2011.The book opens with a short and sweet introduction to penetration testing and security. But worry not, this introduction won’t keep the anxious beginner waiting too long, and won’t bore the experienced. In the next few chapters the authors provide a copious amount of screenshots, ensuring that the reader can always follow along.

The authors then run us through some Metasploit basics and it’s not long before we’re already looking the source for a basic port scanner program.

The chapters are sized perfectly, giving the reader just enough time to become proficient in many of the different aspects of Metasploit. Some might believe that the cost of shorter chapters means less depth with each topic. The authors have this book balanced perfectly so the reader gets their moneys worth.

This book is a great way to get started with penetration testing and security. The authors make it clear that this book won’t make you an expert, years of testing will do that. But what this book can do is get you started, walking you through everything you need to know to ditch your script kiddie shoes and sit at the big kids table. Order yours today!

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Scott J. Krieder
Small Town Geeks
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