1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor distinct from a host machine, a package sum, wherein the package sum is a data record comprising a first field with a first value representing a total number of packages installed on the host machine and a second field with a second value representing a total number of component files contained in the packages installed on the host machine; comparing, by the processor, the first value of the package sum to a target number of packages; comparing, by the processor, the second value of the package sum to a target number of component files; and generating, by the processor, a machine state verification of the host machine in view of the comparisons, wherein the machine state verification is successful only when the first value of the package sum equals the target number of packages and the second value of the package sum equals the target number of component files.