Comments on: BOUNCER Beatdown: Using “Metasploit Autopwn Browser” framework to demonstrate security effectiveness http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-11/bouncer-beatdown-preventing-autopwn-browser-exploit-from-discovering-computers-weaknesses/ The Application Whitelisting and Security Weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:40:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Greg Valentine http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-11/bouncer-beatdown-preventing-autopwn-browser-exploit-from-discovering-computers-weaknesses/#comment-5166 Greg Valentine Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:52:14 +0000 http://www.coretraceblogs.com/?p=2256#comment-5166 It was brought to my attention by a reader of this blog that we had incorrectly characterized Metasploit as malware. The reader was absolutely correct in pointing this out to us. Nothing could be farther from the truth and I really don't want us to be guilty of propagating this fallacy. Metasploit is a wonderful framework that pen-testers the world over use in order to test and validate their security. I personally know many individuals who benefit from tighter security that was brought to their attention by tools such as metasploit. I have made some changes to the text in the blog entry above and I want everyone to know that I most certainly do not look at metasploit as a malware product. Thanks for keeping me on my toes! Greg It was brought to my attention by a reader of this blog that we had incorrectly characterized Metasploit as malware. The reader was absolutely correct in pointing this out to us. Nothing could be farther from the truth and I really don’t want us to be guilty of propagating this fallacy. Metasploit is a wonderful framework that pen-testers the world over use in order to test and validate their security.

I personally know many individuals who benefit from tighter security that was brought to their attention by tools such as metasploit. I have made some changes to the text in the blog entry above and I want everyone to know that I most certainly do not look at metasploit as a malware product.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes!

Greg

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