For penetration testing, Hack the box provides us with machines and environment where we can improve our penetration skills. In order to gain access to machines, we need to connect to HTB (Hack the box) through VPN.
Let's first discuss what Metasploitable is, it is a testing environment that is very useful for beginner who wants to practice and test their penetration testing skills and security research. It is a target machine that is used to discover and penetrate vulnerabilities so that the user gets an idea of real-life targets and machines.