Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 8.0

Name: Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 8.0
Author: Microsoft Corporation

by Microsoft Corporation · MIT

.NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.

Record

These URLs are the ones Microsoft Corporation declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

burnbuilds.dotnet.microsoft.com · publisher domain

burnbuilds.dotnet.microsoft.com · publisher domain

burnbuilds.dotnet.microsoft.com · publisher domain

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Microsoft Corporation published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.29-win-x64.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.29-win-x64.exe"

Expected output

c0ffa16efeb7ef3ac8100a6a9d7089d9c2904ee89f1815557a79a91be584f775

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	3 of 3 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	3 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	3 of 3 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Licence declared	MITA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Microsoft/DotNet/DesktopRuntime/8/8.0.29