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Cain and Abel (often abbreviated to Cain) was a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. It could recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks. [ 1 ]
Ophcrack is a free open-source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows log-in passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables.The program includes the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows, and can be run via the command line or using the program’s GUI (Graphical user interface).
Crack v5.0a [6] released in 2000 did not introduce any new features, but instead concentrated on improving the code and introducing more flexibility, such as the ability to integrate other crypt() variants such as those needed to attack the MD5 password hashes used on more modern Unix, Linux and Windows NT [7] systems. It also bundled Crack v6 ...
There are many password cracking software tools, but the most popular [37] are Aircrack-ng, Cain & Abel, John the Ripper, Hashcat, Hydra, DaveGrohl, and ElcomSoft. Many litigation support software packages also include password cracking functionality. Most of these packages employ a mixture of cracking strategies; algorithms with brute-force ...
A Google search for Cain and Abel returns the software first, and the Wikipedia page on the Biblical Cain and Abel second. That would imply a high level of notability given the widespread knowledge of the Biblical Cain and Abel. If necessary, references to this software could be found in many notable security publications, for example, Security ...
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There is almost nothing to be said about Cain that does not directly involve Abel, and vice versa; having three articles therefore is superfluous and inefficient. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 13:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC) Yes. Especially about Abel there is not much to say beyond what is included in Cain and Abel. That article is only about 700 words.
In Live mode, CAINE can operate on data storage objects without having to boot up a supporting operating system. The latest version 11.0 can boot on UEFI/UEFI+Secure and Legacy BIOS allowing CAINE to be used on information systems that boot older operating systems (e.g. Windows NT) and newer platforms (Linux, Windows 10).