Re: Hello from Rapid7!

["Ricardo F. Teixeira" <ricardo.teixas () gmail com>]

> From the README file under Metasploit folder:

> The Metasploit Framework is provided under the 3-clause BSD license above.


> The copyright on this package is held by Rapid7 LLC.


> This license does not apply to the following components:

 - The OpenSSL library embedded into the Meterpreter payload binaries and
> the

   corresponding header files in the source tree

 - The Packet Sniffer SDK (MicroOLAP) library embedded into the Meterpreter

   Sniffer extension. HD Moore has a single-seat developer license.

 - The vncdll.dll binary and its associated source code (modified RealVNC)

 - The icons used by msfweb that were not created by Metasploit

 - The BinData library located under lib/bindata

 - The Bit-Struct library located under lib/bit-struct

 - The Byakugan plugin located under external/source/byakugan

 - The Metasm library located under lib/metasm

 - The Ole::Storage library located under lib/ole

 - The PacketFu library located under lib/packetfu

 - The PcapRub library located under external/pcaprub

 - The Rabal library located under lib/rabal

 - The Racket library located under lib/racket

 - The Ruby-Lorcon library located under external/ruby-lorcon

 - The SNMP library located under lib/snmp

 - The Zip library located under lib/zip


-- 
Ricardo F. Teixeira

uid:  0x5BBD1456

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:34 AM, kuza55 <kuza55 () gmail com> wrote:

> I know you said that Metasploit will remain open source, but will the
> Metasploit project remain BSD-licensed, or is there a license change
> planned?
>
>  - kuza55
>
> 2009/10/22 Mike Tuchen <Mike.Tuchen () rapid7 com>
> > Metasploit community,
> >
> >
> >
> > Since joining Rapid7, I’ve learned about some of the key principles of
> network security: defense in depth, continuously identifying and fixing your
> vulnerabilities, and continuously improving security through investments in
> people, process, and technology. Rapid7 has always believed that
> vulnerability management software should be augmented with penetration
> testing by experts.  Guys like ‘jabra’ and ‘jcran’ on our pen test team or
> ‘bevand’ on our vuln team have used Metasploit for a long time to enable our
> customers find holes in their infrastructure. When the opportunity to meet
> HD came up some months ago, I jumped at the chance and it became obvious
> that there was a lot more we could do together by combining our resources.
> > Nine years at Microsoft made me a big fan of open source. I'm kidding but
> only a little. Sitting on the other side of the room and watching the
> community at work left me with a huge respect for the power of an active and
> vibrant community like Metasploit.  I’m looking forward to working with you
> to continue to develop Metasploit.
> > We’re thrilled that Egypt and HD will be joining Rapid7 to work full-time
> on the open-source Metasploit Framework code. We see a couple of low hanging
> fruit opportunities to improve both products: we’ll leverage exploit data
> from Metasploit to expand the risk analysis capabilities of Rapid7's
> NeXposeTM product and will contribute vulnerability data from the NeXpose
> product to expand the accuracy and reliability of the Metasploit Framework.
> We’re also looking at ways to integrate NeXpose and Metasploit more tightly
> to provide new features to NeXpose users and exploit automation to
> Metasploit users, and we’d love to get your ideas there.
> > If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to post them on the
> Metasploit list, or email HD or me directly. I can't promise that I will
> respond to every email directly, but I do want to hear what you have to say,
> and I will commit to doing everything we can to grow the Metasploit
> community.
> > Mike Tuchen
> >
> > President & CEO
> >
> > 545 Boylston Street
> > 4th Floor
> > Boston, MA 02116
> >
> >
> >
> > Direct:
> > Fax:
> > E-mail:
> >
> >
> >
> > +1 (857) 288-7355
> > +1 (617) 249-0684
> > mike.tuchen () rapid7 com
> >
> > Rapid7 Ranked #1 Fastest Growing Vulnerability Management Company in the
> US by Inc. Magazine
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