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Bruteforce Attacks
A bruteforce attack attempts a large number of common user name and password combinations to gain access to hosts. Metasploit Pro provides you with several preset bruteforce profiles that you can use to customize the bruteforce attack for the target environment.
When Metasploit Pro successfully identifies a credential in a session capable module, such as SMB, SSH, Telnet, or MSSQL, the system automatically opens the session.