Scanning and Host Management : Discovery Scans : IPv6 Addresses

IPv6 Addresses

Metasploit Pro does not automatically detect IPv6 addresses during a discovery scan. For hosts with IPv6 addresses, you must know the individual IP addresses that are in use by the target devices and specify those addresses to Metasploit Pro. To identify individual IPv6 addresses, you can use SNMP, Nmap, or thc-alive6, which is part of the thc-ipv6 toolkit.
After you identify the IPv6 addresses for the target devices, you can either import a text file that contains the host addresses into a project or manually add the hosts to a project. If you choose to import the addresses, the text file that you use must list one IPv6 address on each line.
To import a host address file, select Analysis > Hosts > Import. The Import Data window appears. Browse to the location of the host address file and import the host address file.
To manually add a host, select Analysis > Hosts> New Host.