New Metasploit Framework v3.0 Alpha Release 1

The Metasploit Framework (MSF) is an advanced open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code. The MSF can be roughly compared to commercial offerings such as Immunity's CANVAS and Core Security Technology's Impact. The major difference between the Framework and these commercial products is the focus; while the commercial products need to provide the latest exploits and an intuitive GUI, the Framework was designed to facilitate research and experimentation with new technologies.

The original MSF was written in Perl scripting lanuage and included various components written in C, assembler, and Python. The new 3.0 branch was a complete rewrite of the 2.0 branch using the Ruby programming language.

The primary goals of the 3.0 branch are listed below:

• Improve automation of exploitation through scripting
• Simplify the process of writing an exploit
• Increase code re-use between exploits
• Improve and generically integrate evasion techniques
• Support automated network discovery and event correlation through recon modules
• Continue to provide a friendly outlet cutting edge exploitation technology

Remember this is a *alpha* release, so things will break. Help HD Moore by giving good quality feedback. It is almost crazy to see how this project has expanded and growth. Nice work indeed.

Sorry no Windows support yet, only Linux and Mac OX platforms with Ruby 1.8.x are supported.