Made me learn C++ and I got to this page trying to learn more about windows API's. MSF opened the trp door so I can see how deep IT really goes. Thanks to HDM and the core group of nameless folks who do so much to keep the project going.

And while you rant in other threads about the freetards – MSF show a perfect example of keeping a solid core application free while selling additional services. I really hope it works as a model for all the freetards in the world – even those of us that just greatly enjoy the work.

Re: documentation: honestly it changes fast enough that our documentation is NEVER up to date. the trend lately has been to post wiki howtos for various features, but unless we get a full-time tech writer, its going to be tough to keep up. it really needs a book-length guide to cover every feature, until then docs are going to be sporadic

Re: logic for msfpayload+handler. support for this was never really designed into the framework, its something we managed to hack in later on, you have to specify the payload twice because its two different steps, one possible improvement is to create a new exploit module which just generates the EXE for you in one step

Feel free to email the mailing list or come on our SILC channel to vent – being an open-source, volunteer-only project, we may take a while to resolve everything, but its not through a lack of trying