To get the most out of this book

To follow the examples in this book, you will need six to seven systems or virtual machines. One system can be your penetration testing system, whereas others can act as your test bed.

Apart from systems or virtualization, you will need the latest VMware image of Kali Linux, which already packs Metasploit by default and contains all the other tools that are required to recreate the examples in this book. However, in some cases, you can use the latest Ubuntu desktop OS with Metasploit installed.

You will also need to install Ubuntu, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, and Metasploitable 2 either on virtual machines or live systems as all these operating systems will serve as the test bed for Metasploit.

In addition, links to all other required tools and vulnerable software are provided in the chapters.