From dc6761ec01d914efb7285b7ab2bcfc81d8d46e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Neff Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:00:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add README text --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3dacb6e5d..1349659b4 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ 🚩 This is the open source repository of NetExec maintained by a community of passionate people # NetExec - The Network Execution Tool +This project was initially created in 2015 by @byt3bl33d3r, known as CrackMapExec. In 2019 @mpgn_x64 started maintaining the project for the next 4 years, adding a lot of great tools and features. In september 2023 he retired from maintaining the project. + +Like many other contributer we (NeffIsBack, Marshall-Hallenbeck and zblurx) started working on new features, bugfixes and helped maintaining The original project CrackMapExec. With the end of mpgn's maintainer role, we decided to maintain the project together as an fully free and open source project under the new name **NetExec** 🚀 +

@@ -22,10 +26,10 @@ All the hard work and development over the years from everyone in the CrackMapEx # Documentation, Tutorials, Examples -See the project's wiki (in development) for documentation and usage examples +See the project's [wiki](https://www.netexec.wiki/) for documentation and usage examples # Installation -Please see the installation instructions on the wiki (in development) +Please see the installation instructions on the [wiki](https://www.netexec.wiki/getting-started/installation) # Code Contributors Awesome code contributors of NetExec: From 8add99c4ad5282fdfed7d31cf253088c7062974a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marshall Hallenbeck Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:04:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md Add additional rationale for our fork add development section placeholder move acknowledgements section down with code contributors Signed-off-by: Marshall Hallenbeck --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9144652c3..e8a3c3d0f 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ 🚩 This is the open source repository of NetExec maintained by a community of passionate people # NetExec - The Network Execution Tool -This project was initially created in 2015 by @byt3bl33d3r, known as CrackMapExec. In 2019 @mpgn_x64 started maintaining the project for the next 4 years, adding a lot of great tools and features. In september 2023 he retired from maintaining the project. +This project was initially created in 2015 by @byt3bl33d3r, known as CrackMapExec. In 2019 @mpgn_x64 started maintaining the project for the next 4 years, adding a lot of great tools and features. In September 2023 he retired from maintaining the project. -Like many other contributer we (NeffIsBack, Marshall-Hallenbeck and zblurx) started working on new features, bugfixes and helped maintaining The original project CrackMapExec. With the end of mpgn's maintainer role, we decided to maintain the project together as an fully free and open source project under the new name **NetExec** 🚀 +Along with many other contributers, we (NeffIsBack, Marshall-Hallenbeck, and zblurx) developed new features, bugfixes, and helped maintain the original project CrackMapExec. +During this time, with both a private and public repository, community contributions were not easily merged into the project. The 6-8 month discrepancy between the code bases caused many development issues and heavily reduced community-driven development. +With the end of mpgn's maintainer role, we (the remaining most active contributors) decided to maintain the project together as a fully free and open source project under the new name **NetExec** 🚀 +Going forward, our intent is to maintain a community-driven and maintained project with regular updates for everyone to use.

@@ -21,15 +24,18 @@ You are on the **latest up-to-date** repository of the project NetExec (nxc) ! - 🔀 If you want to contribute, open a [Pull Request](https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec/pulls) - 💬 If you want to discuss, open a [Discussion](https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec/discussions) -# Acknowledgments -All the hard work and development over the years from everyone in the CrackMapExec project - # Documentation, Tutorials, Examples See the project's [wiki](https://netexec.wiki/) (in development) for documentation and usage examples # Installation Please see the installation instructions on the [wiki](https://netexec.wiki/getting-started/installation) (in development) +# Development +Development guidelines and recommendations in development + +# Acknowledgments +All the hard work and development over the years from everyone in the CrackMapExec project + # Code Contributors Awesome code contributors of NetExec: From 5220ea5eb64282cc4e17a2764d5653f6328e6755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex <61382599+NeffIsBack@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:14:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Add discord channel to readme --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e8a3c3d0f..9388a8cd9 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ You are on the **latest up-to-date** repository of the project NetExec (nxc) ! - 🔀 If you want to contribute, open a [Pull Request](https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec/pulls) - 💬 If you want to discuss, open a [Discussion](https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec/discussions) +## Official Discord Channel + +If you don't have a Github account, you can ask your question on Discord + +[![NetExec](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/1148685154601160794/widget.png?style=banner3)](https://discord.gg/pjwUTQzg8R) + # Documentation, Tutorials, Examples See the project's [wiki](https://netexec.wiki/) (in development) for documentation and usage examples From 05e8f6a0531ef676f2b90a60c91226babae91487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marshall Hallenbeck Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:29:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update README.md Signed-off-by: Marshall Hallenbeck --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9388a8cd9..318e3a396 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ You are on the **latest up-to-date** repository of the project NetExec (nxc) ! ## Official Discord Channel -If you don't have a Github account, you can ask your question on Discord +If you don't have a Github account, you can ask your questions on Discord! [![NetExec](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/1148685154601160794/widget.png?style=banner3)](https://discord.gg/pjwUTQzg8R)