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Re: INSECT Pro - Free tool for pentest - New version release 2.7


From: root <root_ () fibertel com ar>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:34:58 -0300

On 08/28/2011 06:43 PM, Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
On 27/08/2011 23:12, Dan Dart wrote:
Looks like it's freeWARE but not free per se.
With the added disadvantage that it runs on none of the platforms I use.
How sad. 0/5 review from me then.

http://www.insecurityresearch.com/files/download/

 From the readme's its an old version of metasploit under a wrapper.

Also anyone from tightvnc want to see if gpl-violations are interested?

INSECT Pro/exploits/framework/msf3/external/source/tightvnc/LICENCE.TXT

"                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991

           Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
          59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
"

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That file is under the msf3 tree, if Insect pro is violating GPL,
Metasploit is also doing it (and everything including it, like 80% of
security frameworks out there), remember MSF is BSD licensed.

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