🧠 1. RTGen in Cybersecurity (Rainbow Tables)

In the context of password cracking, RTGen is a tool used to generate rainbow tables—precomputed tables for reversing cryptographic hash functions.

🔐 What It Does:

• RTGen creates tables that map hashes back to plaintext passwords.
• It supports many hash algorithms like MD5, SHA1, NTLM, and more.
• These tables are used in offline attacks to crack passwords faster than brute force.

⚠️ Why It Matters:

• Rainbow tables are a threat to weak or unsalted password hashes.
• RTGen is often used in penetration testing or by attackers to exploit poor password storage practices.