Comments on: Rapid7 Acquires the Metasploit Project http://www.rec-sec.com/2009/11/01/rapid7-acquires-metasploit/ a non-profit information security web site authored by Moshe Ben Abu (Trancer), focusing on vulnerability research, exploit development (mainly for the Metasploit Framework), web application security, information security and hacking news from around the world. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Trancer http://www.rec-sec.com/2009/11/01/rapid7-acquires-metasploit/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Trancer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:21:54 +0000 http://www.rec-sec.com/?p=833#comment-1259 I sure hope you're wrong man. As far as I know, there's no other open source exploitation framework, and if there will be something new it'll take years to be as good as Metasploit. Or, if you got a few thousand bucks to spend, there's <a href="http://www.immunitysec.com" title="IMMUNITY : Knowing You're Secure" rel="nofollow">Immunity CANVAS</a> and <a href="http://www.coresecurity.com" title="Core Security Technologies | Penetration Testing Software & Services" rel="nofollow">CORE IMPACT</a>. I sure hope you’re wrong man.

As far as I know, there’s no other open source exploitation framework, and if there will be something new it’ll take years to be as good as Metasploit.

Or, if you got a few thousand bucks to spend, there’s Immunity CANVAS and CORE IMPACT.

]]> By: George http://www.rec-sec.com/2009/11/01/rapid7-acquires-metasploit/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 George Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:45:11 +0000 http://www.rec-sec.com/?p=833#comment-1254 What will actually happen is this: There will eventually be 2 versions of metasploit, a commercial "kick-ass" (or so they would like us to believe) version, and the free "this version sucks" version. This was the fate of a lot of open source projects going commercial, or the path chosen by many companies trying to grow. The free version will be less supported and lack new features. I hope I am wrong but if there are people or groups thinking of starting up similar projects, this is the time to do it. What will actually happen is this:
There will eventually be 2 versions of metasploit, a commercial “kick-ass” (or so they would like us to believe) version, and the free “this version sucks” version. This was the fate of a lot of open source projects going commercial, or the path chosen by many companies trying to grow. The free version will be less supported and lack new features.

I hope I am wrong but if there are people or groups thinking of starting up similar projects, this is the time to do it.

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