Artifact Verification

Verify Artifacts Before Running Them

Downloading software is often treated as the end of a trust decision: the file came from the expected page, so the next step is to run it. That shortcut is risky. A release archive, installer, container image, or build tool can be corrupted in transit or storage, replaced at a distribution point, or fetched from an unexpected source while keeping a plausible filename. Running the wrong bytes can turn a distribution failure into code execution inside a developer workstation, build system, or production environment. The defensive goal is therefore not merely to obtain an artifact. It is to establish that the bytes you received are the bytes an accepted publisher intended you to use.