Operation Project X

Operation Project X

Operation Project X (originally The Neo Project), was an effort to discover the encryption key for Xbox software by brute force, to allow homebrew software to run on the platform without a modchip. Since it is a 2048 bit key, the project by its own admission was very unlikely to succeed, and was shut down, presumably for legal reasons, a few months after its debut.

Weeks after the projects website going offline, a cryptic session on IRC revealed interesting clues. A user believed to be one of the projects admins suggested that Microsoft's 2048 bit key was created from a computer-generated random seed 128 bits in length. This random seed was generated using an implementation on Microsofts own .NET Framework which was later discovered to be flawed, providing predictable results. The user also hinted at the projects success in the media, the speed at which an Xbox-based cracking utility was created, and even his own distance from the Microsoft campus to convey a hidden message among an untold legal crisis. The user also posted a significant amount of what appeared to be octal code, and hinted that useful code was hidden amongst files (most notably 'xbox.dll') in early builds of the Operation Project X client. Assuming this information holds true, the Xbox key could be cracked in a matter of months with expected levels of participation in the project. However, this information could not be confirmed, and could simply have been a fabrication for unknown reasons. Log files of this conversation are known to exist, but have proven difficult to uncover.

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