What is Narthex
Narthex is a modular minimal personalized dictionary generator for Unix and Unix-like operating systems written in C and licensed under the GNU GPL v3+. It includes a wizard program (nwiz) that asks for the information, which is outputted to a file of which the contents are later enhanced and built upon by the Narthex tools. This dictionary can be later used to crack a password for either password recovery or security assessment.
Why use Narthex
- Narthex, unlike other alternatives, is modular and can be easily assembled with different goals in mind, making it very flexible and useful. One may choose to ommit a tool or process, or choose a different order.
- It is written mostly in C (and shell), and it is quite fast and capable of dealing with very large dictionaries.
- Narthex is built in a way that allows a great amout of extensibility, as it can be easily scripted and automated, due to its Unix, terminal-based, modular nature.
Etymology of the name
The name Narthex is the Greek word (Νάρθηξ, νάρθηκας) for the Giant Fennel plant, which grows in the Mediterranean region. It also refers to an architecture commonly used in early Christian Byzantine churhces, among other things. I chose it after reading a folkish herbs text.
Installation
You can install Narthex by executing the following commands:
$ git clone https://github.com/MichaelDim02/Narthex.git && cd Narthex $ sudo make install
You can uninstall it by executing in the same directory as the Makefile:
$ sudo make uninstall
Usage
For a user-friendly environment just run the wizard and you should be good to go:
$ nwiz
If you want to dive deeper into using the tools, just read the manpages and experiment with the tools on small wordlists.
Screenshots
Artwork
The Narthex logo is a modified version of Riesenfenchel.JPG, a photo of a Giant Fennel plant, taken by German photographer Eckard Wolff-Postler and shared by Christian Bohr. As such, it is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2.
The elder ("wizard"), is a modified version of an original ASCII artpiece by row.
