I'm not comparing, I'm telling the difference. Just like Netsparker will not do port scanning, possibly Metasploit will not do full web app stuff. You can talk with someone from Rapid7 and they'll tell you the same thing. And for the record I love Metasploit, it's a fantastic tool.
We have a good relationship with Rapid7 guys, they even has a module to import Netsparker results into Metasploit and we keep getting synced with them in new updates.
> Or can we just let it suffice to say that HN isn't a great place to promote products on random threads?
Personally I love seeing other HNers to send their relative products, projects, startups, commercial ideas, job ads in HN threads, I don't think there is anything wrong with that. You might think otherwise, that's why there is one upvote and one downvote button.
Metasploit isn't web application penetration tool. W3af, the other open source security tool Rapid7 sponsors, is. Meanwhile, Rapid7's commercial offering, Nexpose, also crawls Ajax applications and, if this flaw is as simple as people seem to think it is, would likely have found it... as would OWASP WebScarab or Burp (a tool that costs a fraction of what your tool does and belongs in the back pocket of every web developer).
I'm responding harshly because I do not agree with your logic (to wit: any thread involving security is a great place to plug your scanner) and because I found your comparison of Netsparker to Metasploit disingenuous: Metasploit simply isn't Rapid7's web app offering.
We have a good relationship with Rapid7 guys, they even has a module to import Netsparker results into Metasploit and we keep getting synced with them in new updates.
> Or can we just let it suffice to say that HN isn't a great place to promote products on random threads?
Personally I love seeing other HNers to send their relative products, projects, startups, commercial ideas, job ads in HN threads, I don't think there is anything wrong with that. You might think otherwise, that's why there is one upvote and one downvote button.