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Cain and Abel (software)

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. Cryptanalysis attacks were done via rainbow tables which…

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Developer
Massimiliano Montoro
License
Freeware
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Stable release
4.9.56 / April 7, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-04-07)
Type
Password cracking/Packet analysis

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Triples10
Avg. degree1.96
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Developer · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → Massimiliano Montoro
License · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → Freeware
Operating system · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → Microsoft Windows
Stable release · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → 4.9.56 / April 7, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-04-07)
Type · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → Password cracking/Packet analysis
Website · 1
Cain and Abel (software) → web.archive.org/web/20190603235413/http://www.oxid.it/cain.html

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cain abel password microsoft cracking cryptanalysis windows packet massimiliano montoro network program could attacks hashes developer security version tool passwords

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Cain and Abel (software)DeveloperMassimiliano Montoro1.00infobox
Cain and Abel (software)LicenseFreeware1.00infobox
Cain and Abel (software)Operating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Cain and Abel (software)Stable release4.9.56 / April 7, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-04-07)1.00infobox
Cain and Abel (software)TypePassword cracking/Packet analysis1.00infobox
Cain and Abel (software)Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20190603235413/http://www.oxid.it/cain.html1.00infobox
network packet sniffinginstance ofIt could recover many kinds of passwords using methods0.80text
cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacksinstance ofIt could recover many kinds of passwords using methods0.80text
brute forceinstance ofIt could recover many kinds of passwords using methods0.80text
cryptanalysis attacksinstance ofIt could recover many kinds of passwords using methods0.80text

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