[framework] Metasploit on Windows

[bambam]

Missing the point slightly here, I feel, which is that pivoting should
be symmetric. Hence windows has to be supported for us to make it
bleed

On 1/18/07, Nicolas RUFF <nicolas.ruff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, what a bunch of people saying "we don't need Metasploit on Windows"
> ! However let's have a look at the stats:
>
> http://metasploit.com/archive/framework/msg00467.html
>
> About 4400 sites are running version 2.4 on the Windows platform.
> About 1600 sites are running version 2.4 on the Linux platform.
> About 70 sites are running version 2.4 on the MacOS X platform.
> About 55 sites are running version 2.4 on the FreeBSD platform.
> About 20 sites are running version 2.4 on the OpenBSD platform.
> Exactly 2 sites are running version 2.4 on the NetBSD platform.
> Exactly 2 sites are running versino 2.4 on the Solaris platform.
> Exactly 1 user figured out how to hide his OS information via -O.
>
> Nearly 75% of Metasploit users are running Windows ! I guess they did
> not find the way to subscribe to the mailing list ...
>
> My vote : we don't need a Cygwin bundle with Metasploit, but ensuring
> compatibility with Cygwin is still useful for many people out there.
>
> Regards,
> - Nicolas RUFF
>


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