How to solve these challenges:

• Write your solution in a terminal and test it.

• If your solution is not correct, then try to understand the error messages, watch the video again, rewrite the solution and test it again. Repeat this step until you get the correct solution.

• Save the solution in a file for future reference or recap.

Challenge #1

On Kali set up and initialize the Postgresql database server used by Metasploit.

Start msfconsole and check that there is no error or warning.

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Challenge #2

On Kali start msfconsole and display all exploits available.

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Challenge #3

On Kali start msfconsole, display the help for search command and then search for all ssh exploits.

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Challenge #4

After conducting a penetration test on a Windows machine you’ve discovered that it’s vulnerable to Freesshd Authentication Bypass and it can be exploited by the following Metasploit module: exploit/windows/ssh/freesshd_authbypass

Your task is to display more information about the exploit (options, how to run it etc).

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Challenge #5

On Kali Linux you want to update Metasploit. How can you accomplish that?

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