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About the Metasploit FrameworkThe framework has existed in three different versions since July of 2003. The first version (1.0) was written by HD Moore, using the Perl scripting language, and provided a curses-based frontend. The second version (2.x), also written in Perl, was a collaboration between spoonm, Matt Miller (skape), HD Moore, and a small number of contributors. The third (3.x) and current version is a complete rewrite using the Ruby language. This version was originally developed by Metasploit LLC and is made available for use by Rapid7 under the 3-clause BSD license.About Rapid7Rapid7 is the leading provider of unified vulnerability management, compliance, and penetration testing solutions, delivering actionable intelligence about an organizations entire IT environment. Rapid7 manages the Metasploit Project and sponsors several full-time Metasploit developers. |