It’s finally here Metasploit is pleased to announce the immediate, free availability of the Metasploit Framework version 3.0 from http://framework.metasploit.com/

From H.D. Moore’s email : The Metasploit Framework ("Metasploit") is a development platform for creating security tools and exploits. Version 3.0 contains 177 exploits, 104 payloads, 17 encoders, and 3 nop modules.

Additionally, 30 auxiliary modules are included that perform a wide range of tasks, including host discovery, protocol fuzzing, and denial of service testing. Metasploit is used by network security professionals to perform penetration tests, system administrators to verify patch installations, product vendors to perform regression testing, and security researchers world-wide.

The framework is written in the Ruby programming language and includes components written in C and assembler. Get the final version at http://framework.metasploit.com