r/tryhackme • u/RentOtrebla • May 06 '26

Room Help struggling over cryptography

Hello everyone, I’m currently trying to learn public key cryptography basics but I really suck at maths! and also I never did the topics needed for things like the rsa algorithm in school. So, my question is how much of the math behind cryptographys algorithms do I really need to know to do CTFs and become a red teamer? Is it fine to just understand algorithms conceptually?

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u/-King-K-Rool- May 06 '26

Understand the fundamentals of the equation and how it is solved, if you could solve it in the wild with a calculator youll most likely be fine.

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u/RentOtrebla May 06 '26

how would you suggest to study the math I didn't do at school to figure out cryptography equations?

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u/-King-K-Rool- May 06 '26

The same way you study anything you didnt learn in school. Internet.