NiX Brute Forcer is a tool that uses brute force in parallel to log into a system without having authentication credentials beforehand. This tool is intended to demonstrate the importance of choosing strong passwords. The goal of NiX is to support a variety of services that allow remote authentication such as: MySQL, SSH, FTP, IMAP. It is based on NiX Proxy Checker.
Its features are:
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  • Basic Authorization & FORM support.
  • HTTP/SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy support.
  • FORM auto-detection & Manual FORM input configuration.
  • It is multi-threaded.
  • Wordlist shuffling via macros.
  • Auto-removal of dead or unreliable proxy and when site protection mechanism blocks the proxy.
  • Integrated proxy randomization to defeat certain protection mechanisms.
  • With Success and Failure Keys results are 99% accurate.
  • Advanced coding and timeout settings makes it outperform any other bruteforcer.
Use latest PHP 5.2.x or 5.3.x.
Basic requirements for Nix :
A) Linux box or a VPS
B) PHP CLI version between 5.2.x – 5.3.x
C) SourceGuardian 8.2 loader: Provided in "loaders" directory
D) If you are using PHP source compile (encouraged to use). The minimum ./configure options are:
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--with-curl --enable-sockets --enable-pcntl --with-openssl
E) Required php.ini settings:
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short_open_tag = On
allow_call_time_pass_reference = On
safe_mode = Off
register_globals = Off
register_argc_argv = On
enable_dl = On
SourceGuardian 8.2 loader (extension) must be in extension_dir defined in php.ini.
For PHP 5.2.x:

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extension=ixed.5.2.lin
For PHP 5.3.x:
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extension=ixed.5.3.lin
If you are using 32bit operating system, you need to copy the loader from "32″ directory
If you are using 64bit operating system, you need to copy the loader from "64″ directory
We are also in testing phase of this tool. If you have already reviewed it, please let us know.
Currently supports *nix systems. Hope that Windows support is also added to this tool!

Download NiX – Brute Forcer v1.0.1 here
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