Open project in commercial hands: H D Moore sells Metasploit

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The Metasploit project has been acquired by Rapid7, a US-based vulnerability management company.

Metasploit creator H D Moore confirmed the sale in a podcast interview with Risky.Biz overnight (Click to hear the podcast). "This is more of a buy in than a sell out," he told Risky.Biz "It's about taking Metasploit to the next level with a real company with real funding."

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Heard the podcast with H D

Heard the podcast with H D Moore, I hope he is right and I hope they do get to take it to the next level. I fear that it won't stay open source, but I can hope. He has done wonderful work for the security community and he does deserve to get paid for the work, not just be a side job.

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