This article contains details on validating the origin and integrity of the latest version of Nova

Nova 12.1 Checksum

The SHA256 checksum of the Nova 12.1.zip archive, available at https://download.panic.com/nova/Nova 12.1.zip is:

046366bd974f8c8e276f306f7346a8761a2a98dd369248e282298336ee48c129

Validating the Checksum

1. Download Nova 12.1.zip
2. Run the following command in Terminal to compute the checksum of your copy:

$ shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Nova\ 12.1.zip

If the hash portion of the command output matches the checksum above:

046366bd974f8c8e276f306f7346a8761a2a98dd369248e282298336ee48c129  /Users/panic/Downloads/Nova 12.1.zip

you can be sure that your copy of the download is identical to the version on our website.

Unfortunately, validating the checksum alone does not guarantee that the contents of Nova 12.1.zip haven’t changed since we posted it*. However, with one extra step you can also determine with certainty that the checksum above, and therefore the contents of the ZIP, originated from Panic.

*Why not? In the very unlikely circumstance that a malicious actor replaced the ZIP archive on our website and modified the contents of this article using a new SHA256 hash, the checksum could still validate.

Nova 12.1 Checksum Signature

Using our public profile on Keybase, we have PGP-signed the SHA256 checksum from above:

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512

046366bd974f8c8e276f306f7346a8761a2a98dd369248e282298336ee48c129
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEE6i1R0iW3pPNCW77Iq26O7ibMLj0FAmdGU4gACgkQq26O7ibM
Lj0oTQf+KI5VNIF7T0Jmx9WcbqWkXYWTQ61rn4ZATBNeKUQt0s0UbCe0W16EGg1K
yRtZGw4onnjssLDd9pq8KtlMiOX5dXEviYkU1x3G1dpNzPCgBETSxkWqAaQ512SU
hMxvf77n6QtgGX+5pZxiCSwT4tidLJyNnuAq7CjG2mqmtfvnTKlidFXjX1kLFaE3
cvzOPLaxYhIi35q6s5q5GUnsVdN1xl8QnPERX8YdDrsmPs9yvzV2RqqwqpYwwfM8
zJYYD8CkUizsegq+Wi7HN5QkGLaaC4tqKXyThKRe0lbpoCJ9S74wImRqJAru7/ez
Sfg/y4d6o2aFrMEWTw2442xeSo1KsQ==
=IQNk
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Validating the Signature

1. Copy the entire PGP message above, including -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- and -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
2. Paste the contents into the Message to verify box on Keybase
3. Click Verify

Most importantly, Keybase should indicate that the message was signed by Panic:

Additionally, the resulting Signed Text should match our original checksum:

046366bd974f8c8e276f306f7346a8761a2a98dd369248e282298336ee48c129

If both items match, you can be sure that the checksum in this article originated from Panic.

Putting it all together

By using two factors of validation:

• A checksum which ensures that your copy of Nova 12.1.zip is identical to the copy on our website
• A PGP signature which ensures that the checksum originated from Panic

you can be sure that you are installing the release that we originally posted.

Support

We are more than happy to answer questions or help provide any guidance you might need to validate the checksum and signature for this release. Please email us, nova@panic.com.