Remove CAIN #20741
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Remove CAIN #20741
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smcintyre-r7
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This file isn't really related to our support of CAIN as an output format, it's an exploit for a particular version of CAIN. Despite being old, we should probably keep it around. Would you mind please restoring it?
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Description
Fixes #20646
Removes all references to the deprecated CAIN password file functionality (CAINPWFILE datastore option) from Metasploit Framework. CAIN (Cain & Abel) password cracker has been deprecated and this functionality is no longer needed.
Verification
✅ Full test suite passed - 18,186 examples, 0 failures