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+# TinyWebRedirector
+Simply listens for and redirects HTTP requests.
+
+```
+TinyWebRedirector v1.0 - Redirects HTTP Requests
+Copyright (C) 2015 Joseph Ryan Ries
+www.myotherpcisacloud.com
+
+Usage:
+Install:   TinyWebRedirector -install
+Uninstall: TinyWebRedirector -uninstall
+```
+
+I wrote this micro web server for all the sysadmins out there who have an internal Active Directory that shares
+the same DNS name as their public domain name. Let's say your internal AD domain name is contoso.com. Your public website is
+also contoso.com. In this scenario, internal employees cannot reach your public website by entering http://contoso.com 
+into their web browsers, because contoso.com internally resolves to the IP address of one of your AD domain controllers.
+This has lead to messy solutions, such as installing IIS on each domain controller, for the sole purpose of redirecting
+requests on port 80 to <b>www.</b>contoso.com. But installing IIS on your domain controllers is not a great idea.
+
+TinyWebRedirector is more suited to this purpose because:
+
+- It is tiny. The image file is 110KB, and runs with a ~2.6MB working set.
+- It does one thing and one thing only. This translates to a much smaller potential attack surface than a large web server such as IIS.
+- It is written in C, and so does not require .NET. Will run on any Windows machine Vista/2008 or greater.
+- The listening port (default 80) and the URL to redirect visitors to is configurable in the registry at 
+HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TinyWebRedirector. Restart the service for changes to take effect.
+- The service runs as Local Service. This is a much safer configuration than services that run as Local System.
+
+Please let me know if you find any bugs or weaknesses.
+
+https://myotherpcisacloud.com