Metasploit on Windows

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Tim has a very valid argument, "if supporting that platform
means more security awareness and use of metasploit as a standard
framework, then by all means keep it around."

I completely agree with this...

More 2 cents =)

J


On 18/01/07, Tim <tim-pentest at sentinelchicken.org> wrote:
> > My vote : we don't need a Cygwin bundle with Metasploit, but ensuring
> > compatibility with Cygwin is still useful for many people out there.
>
> I'm not a fan of Windows or Cygwin, but if supporting that platform
> means more security awareness and use of metasploit as a standard
> framework, then by all means keep it around.
>
> I don't know if anyone has explored the option of cross-compiling the
> relevant libraries with MinGW.  I've got it to work on a few packages,
> with relatively little pain, but other packages are very painful.  Just
> depends on how the code is written.  Perhaps it would make packaging
> binaries easier...?
>
> tim
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