Metasploit 411 from The 451 Group
A few weeks ago, Nick Selby of the 451 Group interviewed me for a market research report about the Metasploit Project. This report was immediately available to 451 subscribers, but not to the general public. Today, TechTarget republished this report in the form of an article for their security news column. This report looks at the history of the project, our "competition", and the reasons behind the license change in version 3.0. I would like to thank Nick for giving us a fair review and taking the time to check each and every fact mentioned in the report. More information about Metasploit's relationship with the Hacker Foundation will be made available in September.
posted by hdm at 9:19 AM
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"I would like to thank Nick for giving us a fair review and taking the time to check each and every fact mentioned in the report."
Well almost...
Metasploit is changing its code base (from Perl to Ruby on Rails)...
Most amusing.
I read the original report again and it looks like the typo was introduced by TechTarget when creating an article from the report. The original report is accurate.
TechTarget has fixed the error in the article and it now matches the original report.
Good report -- question on the license. It says:
"2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Developer hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to reproduce, publicly display, and publicly perform the Software solely for Your personal and non-commercial use."
What does "publicly perform the Software" mean? Does this include those who might use Metasploit for consulting?
Thank you.
The last edit from the lawyers appeared to remove the consulting clause. Our intent is to allow people to use it for security consulting and product testing. This will be clarified in the next revision of the license. Thanks!
Thanks HD!
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