Even Faster Boot Time
This week's Metasploit release shifts msfconsole loading times into hyperdrive by enabling deferred module loads. This functionality has existed in Metasploit but has been behind an optional feature flag that has been turned off by default until now. Prior to this change, users attempting to launch msfconsole would have to wait for every single module to be loaded into msfconsole during boot up. Now modules are only loaded when they are explicitly accessed, allowing users to experience faster than ever boot up times.
Enhancements and features (2)
- #20302 from dwelch-r7 - Improves msfconsole startup performance by deferring module loads. This functionality can still be disabled by features set defer_module_loads false.
- #20309 from bcoles - Adds metadata to multiple exploits/linux/samba modules.
Bugs fixed (1)
- #20305 from cgranleese-r7 - Removed duplicate metadata from some modules.
Documentation
You can find the latest Metasploit documentation on our docsite at docs.metasploit.com.
Get it
As always, you can update to the latest Metasploit Framework with msfupdate and you can get more details on the changes since the last blog post from GitHub:
If you are a git user, you can clone the Metasploit Framework repo (master branch) for the latest. To install fresh without using git, you can use the open-source-only Nightly Installers or the commercial edition Metasploit Pro