關於msf 的modules 和plugins 的區別 在 Metasploit 3.0 Developer's Guide 的第 6 頁 有以下一段話：
Separate from the framework itself are th modules and plugins that it's designed to support .
A framwork modules is defined as being one of an exploit,payload,encoder ,NOP generator,or auxiliary. These modules have a welldefined structure and interface for being loaded into the framework.
A framework plugin is very loosely defined as something that extends the functionality of the framework or augments an existing feature to make it act in a differnt manner.plugins can add new commands to user interfaces,log all network traffic,or perform whatever other actions that might be useful.
這段話我覺得看英文更好，就不翻譯了。