[ale] Metasploit vs Shodan

[dev null zero two]

shodan is just an internet port scanner and banner grabber with a fancy
searching interface.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 7:30 PM Arie vW via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> What exactly are you looking for? nmap is the go-to port scanner (in my
> experience).
> Metasploit is more of a exploitation tool although it does have some
> auxiliary scanning modules too.
> I may not have fully understood your question, but I do know the majority
> of tools can be downloaded on any distro so there is no need to jump to
> Kali unless you want the whole shebang. Kali does have an ARM image
> nowadays I believe, but like I said, depending on what exactly you're
> looking for, probably a lot of unnecessary stuff.
> Also, check out nessus, I haven't played with it too much (I think there's
> a free version) but it kinda lays it out like shodan from what I remember.
>
> Arie
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 5:35 PM Chris Fowler via Ale <ale at ale.org wrote:
>
>> Recently I've been playing with Shodan and I really like it.  I would
>> really like to see info like it provides, but for systems in private
>> address space.  I could proxyarp a private machine I'm testing to a public
>> address, but I need a commercial API key to trigger the shodan mothership
>> to scan it.
>>
>> Does Metasploit provide the same info?  I can load Kali Linux on a Pi
>> Zero W and have it scan the local subnet.
>>
>> Chris
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