Rapid7 Metasploit Reviews

We use it for penetration testing of our internal systems. 

• The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users. 
• It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads. 
• The in-built Wireshark is valuable in performing packet analysis. 
• It has different installation files for different OSs.

• The GUI version is not as effective as a command prompt. For general users, the PT using GUI could be improved. At the same, the track of a phishing emails were not accurate sometimes. Rapid7 could work on this further. 
• Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus. This could be improved. 
• There were times when it hung, then I had to restart the DB service. This leaves an area of improvement for them.
• It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners.

One to three years.

It is a very robust and stable product. 

Its scalability can be improved.

The tech support was not as robust as our prior experience with Cisco. With Cisco, we had immediate response. 

The initial setup was easy and straightforward. 

There is also a manual setup available for installation, both for Windows and Linux. We just had to uninstall the antivirus and disable the firewall. This is not recommended. 

It is expensive. Our license expired, and our company is not thinking to renew because of our budget. 

Good features- 1) Availability of both graphical and command line interfaces. 2) HTML based report collection 3) Integration with PostgreSQL 4) Integration of NMAP for network scanning, brute force techniques 5) Around 800 active modules with exploits for linux, bsd , microsoft and MacOS 6) Collaboration with team feature also available 7) Open Source 8)Integration with Backtrack OS

Few cons of metasploit are 1) Exploit updates are slow after security patches to a certain OS 2) High resource utilization when run under Window7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 3) Fewer browser exploits 4) Payloads not extremely effective against updated anti viruses.

Metasploit is the most favored toolkit for network security professionals and penetration testers. It is one of the best tools for zero day exploits and payloads for operating systems such as, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Sun Solaris. Metasploit, which has been written in Ruby, provides the ability to seamlessly create and simulate attacks on networks and provide protection. It deals with the largest database of exploits, till date available, in a single tool for both active and passive attacks on networks and applications.