Boy, this has been a really fun and rewarding experience. > I agree we're talking past each other You're exactly half right. Let's make this dead simple: doe

Boy, this has been a really fun and rewarding experience. > I agree we're talking past each other You're exactly half right. Let's make this dead simple: does anyone need any of these new APIs to compute the SHA-2 hash for a file? A simple answer will do. Simple, non-evasive, no "look thither" misdirection.