UDP scanning with Metasploit

Prior to defining the module to be run, Metasploit needs to be opened:

  1. To open Metasploit in Kali Linux, we use the msfconsole command in a Terminal session, as follows:
  1. To run the UDP sweep module in Metasploit, we call the use command with the relative path of the auxiliary module. Once the module has been selected, the show options command can be used to identify and/or modify scan configurations. This command will display four column headers to include: Name, Current Setting, Required, and Description. The Name column identifies the name of each configurable variable. The Current Setting column lists the ...

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