Armitage vs Charles

Armitage

Description: Armitage is a graphical cyber attack management tool for Metasploit that helps automate exploit and payload selection. It streamlines attacking multiple hosts and allows the use of exploits in metasploit via a graphical user interface instead of command line.

Type: software

Charles

Description: Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

Type: software

Armitage Features

• Graphical user interface for Metasploit
• Automates exploit and payload selection
• Streamlines attacking multiple hosts
• Integrates with Metasploit databases and plugins
• Supports exploit chaining and pivoting
• Visualizes network topology and host relationships

Charles Features

• HTTP proxy
• HTTP monitor
• Reverse proxy
• View HTTP/HTTPS traffic
• View requests
• View responses
• View HTTP headers
• View cookies
• View caching information