Recognizing the importance of the BACKTRACK PROJECT to the community, Rapid7 joined the Kali Linux project to contribute to the packaging and long-term support of Metasploit on the Kali Linux platform.

Metasploit is a large and ever evolving project which is difficult to package and support for any third-party. Although it was made available in BackTrack, Metasploit on BackTrack suffered from issues that IMPACTED the user experience. Symptoms Metasploit users reported INCLUDE issues with UPDATES, databases, and general stability.

As a result of Rapid7’s involvement in the Kali project, Metasploit users should have a much more robust user experience on Kali Linux.

Recognizing the importance of the BackTrack project to the community, Rapid7 joined the Kali Linux project to contribute to the packaging and long-term support of Metasploit on the Kali Linux platform.

Metasploit is a large and ever evolving project which is difficult to package and support for any third-party. Although it was made available in BackTrack, Metasploit on BackTrack suffered from issues that impacted the user experience. Symptoms Metasploit users reported include issues with updates, databases, and general stability.

As a result of Rapid7’s involvement in the Kali project, Metasploit users should have a much more robust user experience on Kali Linux.