diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([distren],[0.0],[ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net])
+AC_INIT([distren],[0.0],[http://bugs.ohnopub.net/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/server/distrend.c])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
diff --git a/src/common/libremoteio.h b/src/common/libremoteio.h
--- a/src/common/libremoteio.h
+++ b/src/common/libremoteio.h
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ enum remoteio_method
 #ifndef WINDOWS
     REMOTEIO_METHOD_UNIX = 1,
 #endif
-    /*    REMOTEIO_METHOD_TCP */ /*< someday, maybe */
-    /*    REMOETIO_METHOD_XMLRPC */ /*< again, maybe someday */
-    REMOTEIO_METHOD_MAX = 2 /*< This is a number used to check the consitency of remoteio_server structs */
+    REMOTEIO_METHOD_TCP = 2,
+    /*    REMOETIO_METHOD_XMLRPC */ /*< maybe someday */
+    REMOTEIO_METHOD_MAX = 3 /*< This is a number used to check the consitency of remoteio_server structs */
   };
 
 struct remoteio_server
diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ int _remoteio_ssh_write(struct remoteio 
 int _remoteio_ssh_close(struct remoteio *rem);
 
 #ifndef WINDOWS
-
 int _remoteio_sock_open(struct remoteio *rem, struct remoteio_server *server);
+int _remoteio_sock_close(struct remoteio *rem);
+#endif
 int _remoteio_sock_read(struct remoteio *rem, void *buf, size_t len, size_t *bytesread);
 int _remoteio_sock_write(struct remoteio *rem, void *buf, size_t len, size_t *byteswritten);
-int _remoteio_sock_close(struct remoteio *rem);
 
-#endif
+int _remoteio_tcp_open(struct remoteio *rem, struct remoteio_server *server);
+int _remoteio_tcp_close(struct remoteio *rem);
 
 /**
   lookup table for different methods of remoteio:
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ struct remoteio_method_funcmap funcmap[]
 #ifndef WINDOWS
     {REMOTEIO_METHOD_UNIX, &_remoteio_sock_open, &_remoteio_sock_read, &_remoteio_sock_write, &_remoteio_sock_close, "unix"},
 #endif
+    {REMOTEIO_METHOD_TCP, &_remoteio_tcp_open, &_remoteio_sock_read, &_remoteio_sock_write, &_remoteio_tcp_close, "tcp"},
     {REMOTEIO_METHOD_MAX, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}
   };
 
@@ -312,6 +314,15 @@ int _remoteio_sock_open(struct remoteio 
   return 0;
 }
 
+int _remoteio_sock_close(struct remoteio *rem)
+{
+  close(rem->sock);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 int _remoteio_sock_read(struct remoteio *rem, void *buf, size_t len, size_t *bytesread)
 {
   ssize_t readrtn;
@@ -383,11 +394,17 @@ int _remoteio_sock_write(struct remoteio
   return 0;
 }
 
-int _remoteio_sock_close(struct remoteio *rem)
+/**
+   TCP, taking advantage of the two generic socks read/write functions:
+ */
+int _remoteio_tcp_open(struct remoteio *rem, struct remoteio_server *server)
 {
-  close(rem->sock);
-
-  return 0;
+  
+  return 1;
 }
 
-#endif
+int _remoteio_tcp_close(struct remoteio *rem)
+{
+
+  return 1;
+}