Exploring the msfconsole

We have already covered some basics of Metasploit in the previous chapters. In this recipe, you will learn some techniques to use meterpreter and Metasploit for more efficient exploitation.

How to do it...

To learn about Metasploit follow the given steps:

1. Let's start the Metasploit console, by typing msfconsole:  

2. To see the list of exploits available, we use the following command:

        show exploits

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

3. Similarly, in order to see the list of payloads, we use the following command:

        show payloads

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

4. Metasploit also comes with hundreds of auxiliary...