‫Cain and Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems, it allows easy recovery
‫of various kinds of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords, using dictionary,
‫brute force and cryptanalysis attacks, recording via Skype conversations, decoding scrambled passwords,
‫recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing
‫routing protocols.
‫The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little
‫effort.
‫It covers some security aspects and weaknesses present in protocol standards, authentication methods
‫and caching mechanisms.
‫But its main purpose is the simplified recovery of passwords and credentials from various sources.
‫However, it also ships some non-standard utilities for Microsoft Windows users.