From 4cb0fa4593bc4faf1972df7483bda4290b7fb88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jlee-r7 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:11:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Created Payload Rename Justification (markdown) --- Payload-Rename-Justification.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 Payload-Rename-Justification.md diff --git a/Payload-Rename-Justification.md b/Payload-Rename-Justification.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f3d2606a1c --- /dev/null +++ b/Payload-Rename-Justification.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Many payloads perform the same task, yet have different names. This results in confusion and a bad new-user experience. Specifically, ARCH_CMD payloads differ greatly from their shellcode-derived brethren. For example, the most heavily used payload is `windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp`; the equivalent in ARCH_CMD land is `cmd/unix/reverse`, which gives no indication that the session type will be a shell. \ No newline at end of file