Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide Review

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Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide ReviewFirst of all the authors deserve considerable kudos for writing a very readable technical manual. Whenever you open a programming or software manual you run the risk of it being so dry that you are coughing up dust for weeks later. That is certainly not the case here. OK there may be a bit too much pointy-hair speak (entirely too much leveraging of low hanging fruit) but you can happily read several chapters at a time without any sort of pain being involved. There were a couple of presentation issues I had problems with. Firstly I found the screen capture images to be just too small - I couldn't really tell what was going on properly. Of course that may not be a problem to those with younger eyes or stronger glasses but it could cause you issues. Secondly the sections of text from the Metasploit shell jumped about between being the same width as the text or the entire width of the page (text + margins) which I found deeply annoying for some reason. (Note to the publisher - in any reprints please be constant with the format!)
In terms of technical coverage the book is excellent. It starts off with a primer on penetration testing before introducing the Metaspoit framework. The write up of the Metasploit framework itself follows a nicely graded learning curve, describing the framework and data import procedures, tool use and external modules in a logical and progressive way. I picked this book up largely from a security interest point of view and found it for the most part relatively easy to understand. Elements of chapters on module building and exploit porting went a little over my head but I'm not really the target audience for them anyway. As a final icing to a very good book, there are some excellent touches such as a final wrap up chapter which runs through the entire penetration testing process so you get more than just a series of technical chapters and a command cheat sheet. If only all technical books were as well written, readable and informative. Even if you are approaching Metasploit from a similar interest rather than professional background I would highly recommend this book for its easy reading layout, excellent chapters on intelligence gathering, vulnerability scanning and social engineering and overall high quality.
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