diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go b/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30c8d23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package config
+
+// NodeConfig defines all configuration values needed to run a signle yggdrasil node
+type NodeConfig struct {
+	Listen      string
+	AdminListen string
+	Peers       []string
+	BoxPub      string
+	BoxPriv     string
+	SigPub      string
+	SigPriv     string
+	Multicast   bool
+	LinkLocal   string
+	IfName      string
+	IfTAPMode   bool
+	IfMTU       int
+	Net         NetConfig
+}
+
+// NetConfig defines network/proxy related configuration values
+type NetConfig struct {
+	Tor TorConfig
+	I2P I2PConfig
+}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/config/i2p.go b/src/yggdrasil/config/i2p.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ee4a2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/config/i2p.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package config
+
+// I2PConfig is the configuration structure for i2p related configuration
+type I2PConfig struct {
+	Keyfile string // private key file or empty string for ephemeral keys
+	Addr    string // address of i2p api connector
+	Enabled bool
+}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/config/tor.go b/src/yggdrasil/config/tor.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c169cbbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/config/tor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package config
+
+// TorConfig is the configuration structure for Tor Proxy related values
+type TorConfig struct {
+	OnionKeyfile string // hidden service private key for ADD_ONION (currently unimplemented)
+	ControlAddr  string // tor control port address
+	Enabled      bool
+}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
index d358bc62..faa7471e 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/debug.go
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ package yggdrasil
 
 import _ "golang.org/x/net/ipv6" // TODO put this somewhere better
 
+import "golang.org/x/net/proxy"
+
 import "fmt"
 import "net"
+import "net/url"
 import "log"
+import "strings"
 import "regexp"
 
 // Core
@@ -307,6 +311,51 @@ func (c *Core) DEBUG_maybeSendUDPKeys(saddr string) {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+func (c *Core) DEBUG_addPeer(addr string) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(addr)
+	if err == nil {
+		switch strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) {
+		case "tcp":
+			c.DEBUG_addTCPConn(u.Host)
+		case "udp":
+			c.DEBUG_maybeSendUDPKeys(u.Host)
+		case "socks":
+			c.DEBUG_addSOCKSConn(u.Host, u.Path[1:])
+		default:
+			panic("invalid peer: " + addr)
+		}
+	} else {
+		// no url scheme provided
+		addr = strings.ToLower(addr)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(addr, "udp:") {
+			c.DEBUG_maybeSendUDPKeys(addr[4:])
+		} else {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(addr, "tcp:") {
+				addr = addr[4:]
+			}
+			c.DEBUG_addTCPConn(addr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Core) DEBUG_addSOCKSConn(socksaddr, peeraddr string) {
+	go func() {
+		dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", socksaddr, nil, proxy.Direct)
+		if err == nil {
+			conn, err := dialer.Dial("tcp", peeraddr)
+			if err == nil {
+				c.tcp.callWithConn(&wrappedConn{
+					c: conn,
+					raddr: &wrappedAddr{
+						network: "tcp",
+						addr:    peeraddr,
+					},
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
 //*
 func (c *Core) DEBUG_setupAndStartGlobalTCPInterface(addrport string) {
 	iface := tcpInterface{}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/dial.go b/src/yggdrasil/dial.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aec4192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/dial.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package yggdrasil
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// wrappedConn implements net.Conn
+type wrappedConn struct {
+	c     net.Conn
+	raddr net.Addr
+}
+
+// wrappedAddr implements net.Addr
+type wrappedAddr struct {
+	network string
+	addr    string
+}
+
+func (a *wrappedAddr) Network() string {
+	return a.network
+}
+
+func (a *wrappedAddr) String() string {
+	return a.addr
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) Write(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	return c.c.Write(data)
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) Read(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	return c.c.Read(data)
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) SetDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return c.c.SetDeadline(t)
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) SetReadDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return c.c.SetReadDeadline(t)
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return c.c.SetWriteDeadline(t)
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) Close() error {
+	return c.c.Close()
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
+	return c.c.LocalAddr()
+}
+
+func (c *wrappedConn) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
+	return c.raddr
+}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
index 972d1ca3..d84dd345 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@ import "bufio"
 
 const tcp_msgSize = 2048 + 65535 // TODO figure out what makes sense
 
+// wrapper function for non tcp/ip connections
+func setNoDelay(c net.Conn, delay bool) {
+	tcp, ok := c.(*net.TCPConn)
+	if ok {
+		tcp.SetNoDelay(delay)
+	}
+}
+
 type tcpInterface struct {
 	core  *Core
-	serv  *net.TCPListener
+	serv  net.Listener
 	mutex sync.Mutex // Protecting the below
 	calls map[string]struct{}
 	conns map[tcpInfo](chan struct{})
@@ -30,30 +38,27 @@ type tcpInterface struct {
 type tcpInfo struct {
 	box        boxPubKey
 	sig        sigPubKey
-	localAddr  string // net.IPAddr.String(), not TCPAddr, don't care about port
+	localAddr  string
 	remoteAddr string
 }
 
-func (iface *tcpInterface) init(core *Core, addr string) {
+func (iface *tcpInterface) init(core *Core, addr string) (err error) {
 	iface.core = core
-	tcpAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+
+	iface.serv, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+	if err == nil {
+		iface.calls = make(map[string]struct{})
+		iface.conns = make(map[tcpInfo](chan struct{}))
+		go iface.listener()
 	}
-	iface.serv, err = net.ListenTCP("tcp", tcpAddr)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	iface.calls = make(map[string]struct{})
-	iface.conns = make(map[tcpInfo](chan struct{}))
-	go iface.listener()
+	return
 }
 
 func (iface *tcpInterface) listener() {
 	defer iface.serv.Close()
 	iface.core.log.Println("Listening for TCP on:", iface.serv.Addr().String())
 	for {
-		sock, err := iface.serv.AcceptTCP()
+		sock, err := iface.serv.Accept()
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
@@ -61,6 +66,26 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) listener() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (iface *tcpInterface) callWithConn(conn net.Conn) {
+	go func() {
+		raddr := conn.RemoteAddr().String()
+		iface.mutex.Lock()
+		_, isIn := iface.calls[raddr]
+		iface.mutex.Unlock()
+		if !isIn {
+			iface.mutex.Lock()
+			iface.calls[raddr] = struct{}{}
+			iface.mutex.Unlock()
+			defer func() {
+				iface.mutex.Lock()
+				delete(iface.calls, raddr)
+				iface.mutex.Unlock()
+			}()
+			iface.handler(conn)
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
 func (iface *tcpInterface) call(saddr string) {
 	go func() {
 		quit := false
@@ -77,17 +102,16 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) call(saddr string) {
 		}
 		iface.mutex.Unlock()
 		if !quit {
-			conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", saddr, 6*time.Second)
+			conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", saddr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			sock := conn.(*net.TCPConn)
-			iface.handler(sock)
+			iface.handler(conn)
 		}
 	}()
 }
 
-func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock *net.TCPConn) {
+func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn) {
 	defer sock.Close()
 	// Get our keys
 	keys := []byte{}
@@ -127,18 +151,8 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock *net.TCPConn) {
 		return
 	}
 	// Check if we already have a connection to this node, close and block if yes
-	local := sock.LocalAddr().(*net.TCPAddr)
-	laddr := net.IPAddr{
-		IP:   local.IP,
-		Zone: local.Zone,
-	}
-	info.localAddr = laddr.String()
-	remote := sock.RemoteAddr().(*net.TCPAddr)
-	raddr := net.IPAddr{
-		IP:   remote.IP,
-		Zone: remote.Zone,
-	}
-	info.remoteAddr = raddr.String()
+	info.localAddr, _, _ = net.SplitHostPort(sock.LocalAddr().String())
+	info.remoteAddr, _, _ = net.SplitHostPort(sock.RemoteAddr().String())
 	iface.mutex.Lock()
 	if blockChan, isIn := iface.conns[info]; isIn {
 		iface.mutex.Unlock()
@@ -224,7 +238,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock *net.TCPConn) {
 			util_putBytes(msg)
 		}
 	}
-	sock.SetNoDelay(true)
+	setNoDelay(sock, true)
 	go p.linkLoop(linkIn)
 	defer func() {
 		// Put all of our cleanup here...
@@ -239,7 +253,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock *net.TCPConn) {
 		p.core.peers.mutex.Unlock()
 		close(linkIn)
 	}()
-	them := sock.RemoteAddr().(*net.TCPAddr)
+	them, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(sock.RemoteAddr().String())
 	themNodeID := getNodeID(&info.box)
 	themAddr := address_addrForNodeID(themNodeID)
 	themAddrString := net.IP(themAddr[:]).String()
@@ -250,7 +264,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock *net.TCPConn) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (iface *tcpInterface) reader(sock *net.TCPConn, in func([]byte)) {
+func (iface *tcpInterface) reader(sock net.Conn, in func([]byte)) {
 	bs := make([]byte, 2*tcp_msgSize)
 	frag := bs[:0]
 	for {
diff --git a/yggdrasil.go b/yggdrasil.go
index c52964f0..30c6a798 100644
--- a/yggdrasil.go
+++ b/yggdrasil.go
@@ -21,31 +21,13 @@ import "runtime"
 
 import "golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
 
-import . "yggdrasil"
+import "yggdrasil"
+import "yggdrasil/config"
 
 import "github.com/kardianos/minwinsvc"
 
-/**
-* This is a very crude wrapper around src/yggdrasil
-* It can generate a new config (--genconf)
-* It can read a config from stdin (--useconf)
-* It can run with an automatic config (--autoconf)
- */
-
-type nodeConfig struct {
-	Listen      string
-	AdminListen string
-	Peers       []string
-	BoxPub      string
-	BoxPriv     string
-	SigPub      string
-	SigPriv     string
-	Multicast   bool
-	LinkLocal   string
-	IfName      string
-	IfTAPMode   bool
-	IfMTU       int
-}
+type nodeConfig = config.NodeConfig
+type Core = yggdrasil.Core
 
 type node struct {
 	core Core
@@ -76,6 +58,7 @@ func (n *node) init(cfg *nodeConfig, logger *log.Logger) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	n.core.DEBUG_setIfceExpr(ifceExpr)
+
 	logger.Println("Starting interface...")
 	n.core.DEBUG_setupAndStartGlobalTCPInterface(cfg.Listen) // Listen for peers on TCP
 	n.core.DEBUG_setupAndStartGlobalUDPInterface(cfg.Listen) // Also listen on UDP, TODO allow separate configuration for ip/port to listen on each of these
@@ -89,14 +72,7 @@ func (n *node) init(cfg *nodeConfig, logger *log.Logger) {
 		}
 		for {
 			for _, p := range cfg.Peers {
-				switch {
-				case len(p) >= 4 && p[:4] == "udp:":
-					n.core.DEBUG_maybeSendUDPKeys(p[4:])
-				case len(p) >= 4 && p[:4] == "tcp:":
-					n.core.DEBUG_addTCPConn(p[4:])
-				default:
-					n.core.DEBUG_addTCPConn(p)
-				}
+				n.core.DEBUG_addPeer(p)
 				time.Sleep(time.Second)
 			}
 			time.Sleep(time.Minute)
@@ -126,6 +102,7 @@ func generateConfig(isAutoconf bool) *nodeConfig {
 	cfg.IfName = core.DEBUG_GetTUNDefaultIfName()
 	cfg.IfMTU = core.DEBUG_GetTUNDefaultIfMTU()
 	cfg.IfTAPMode = core.DEBUG_GetTUNDefaultIfTAPMode()
+
 	return &cfg
 }