diff --git a/broker/http_broker.go b/broker/http_broker.go
index fefeed4d..a7f6243d 100644
--- a/broker/http_broker.go
+++ b/broker/http_broker.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/codec/json"
 	merr "github.com/micro/go-micro/errors"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
+	maddr "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/addr"
+	mnet "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/net"
+	mls "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/tls"
 	"github.com/micro/go-rcache"
-	maddr "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/addr"
-	mnet "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/net"
-	mls "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/tls"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
diff --git a/server/rpc_server.go b/server/rpc_server.go
index 69f880b3..6838d65e 100644
--- a/server/rpc_server.go
+++ b/server/rpc_server.go
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/metadata"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/transport"
-
-	"github.com/micro/util/go/lib/addr"
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/util/addr"
 )
 
 type rpcServer struct {
diff --git a/transport/http_transport.go b/transport/http_transport.go
index f72ed8cd..ec098ca2 100644
--- a/transport/http_transport.go
+++ b/transport/http_transport.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	maddr "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/addr"
-	mnet "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/net"
-	mls "github.com/micro/util/go/lib/tls"
+	maddr "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/addr"
+	mnet "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/net"
+	mls "github.com/micro/go-micro/util/tls"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c"
 )
diff --git a/util/addr/addr.go b/util/addr/addr.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab3acca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/addr/addr.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package addr
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+)
+
+var (
+	privateBlocks []*net.IPNet
+)
+
+func init() {
+	for _, b := range []string{"10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "100.64.0.0/10", "fd00::/8"} {
+		if _, block, err := net.ParseCIDR(b); err == nil {
+			privateBlocks = append(privateBlocks, block)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func isPrivateIP(ipAddr string) bool {
+	ip := net.ParseIP(ipAddr)
+	for _, priv := range privateBlocks {
+		if priv.Contains(ip) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Extract returns a real ip
+func Extract(addr string) (string, error) {
+	// if addr specified then its returned
+	if len(addr) > 0 && (addr != "0.0.0.0" && addr != "[::]") {
+		return addr, nil
+	}
+
+	ifaces, err := net.Interfaces()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to get interfaces! Err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var addrs []net.Addr
+	for _, iface := range ifaces {
+		ifaceAddrs, err := iface.Addrs()
+		if err != nil {
+			// ignore error, interface can dissapear from system
+			continue
+		}
+		addrs = append(addrs, ifaceAddrs...)
+	}
+
+	var ipAddr []byte
+	var publicIP []byte
+
+	for _, rawAddr := range addrs {
+		var ip net.IP
+		switch addr := rawAddr.(type) {
+		case *net.IPAddr:
+			ip = addr.IP
+		case *net.IPNet:
+			ip = addr.IP
+		default:
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !isPrivateIP(ip.String()) {
+			publicIP = ip
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ipAddr = ip
+		break
+	}
+
+	// return private ip
+	if ipAddr != nil {
+		return net.IP(ipAddr).String(), nil
+	}
+
+	// return public or virtual ip
+	if publicIP != nil {
+		return net.IP(publicIP).String(), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("No IP address found, and explicit IP not provided")
+}
+
+// IPs returns all known ips
+func IPs() []string {
+	ifaces, err := net.Interfaces()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var ipAddrs []string
+
+	for _, i := range ifaces {
+		addrs, err := i.Addrs()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, addr := range addrs {
+			var ip net.IP
+			switch v := addr.(type) {
+			case *net.IPNet:
+				ip = v.IP
+			case *net.IPAddr:
+				ip = v.IP
+			}
+
+			if ip == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			ip = ip.To4()
+			if ip == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			ipAddrs = append(ipAddrs, ip.String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ipAddrs
+}
diff --git a/util/addr/addr_test.go b/util/addr/addr_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad23b128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/addr/addr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package addr
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExtractor(t *testing.T) {
+	testData := []struct {
+		addr   string
+		expect string
+		parse  bool
+	}{
+		{"127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.1", false},
+		{"10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.1", false},
+		{"", "", true},
+		{"0.0.0.0", "", true},
+		{"[::]", "", true},
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range testData {
+		addr, err := Extract(d.addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if d.parse {
+			ip := net.ParseIP(addr)
+			if ip == nil {
+				t.Error("Unexpected nil IP")
+			}
+
+		} else if addr != d.expect {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %s got %s", d.expect, addr)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/util/backoff/backoff.go b/util/backoff/backoff.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..013d5291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/backoff/backoff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Package backoff provides backoff functionality
+package backoff
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Do(attempts int) time.Duration {
+	if attempts == 0 {
+		return time.Duration(0)
+	}
+	return time.Duration(math.Pow(10, float64(attempts))) * time.Millisecond
+}
diff --git a/util/ctx/ctx.go b/util/ctx/ctx.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fb69a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/ctx/ctx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package ctx
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/metadata"
+)
+
+func FromRequest(r *http.Request) context.Context {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	md := make(metadata.Metadata)
+	for k, v := range r.Header {
+		md[k] = strings.Join(v, ",")
+	}
+	return metadata.NewContext(ctx, md)
+}
diff --git a/util/ctx/ctx_test.go b/util/ctx/ctx_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..440baea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/ctx/ctx_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package ctx
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/metadata"
+)
+
+func TestRequestToContext(t *testing.T) {
+	testData := []struct {
+		request *http.Request
+		expect  metadata.Metadata
+	}{
+		{
+			&http.Request{
+				Header: http.Header{
+					"foo1": []string{"bar"},
+					"foo2": []string{"bar", "baz"},
+				},
+			},
+			metadata.Metadata{
+				"foo1": "bar",
+				"foo2": "bar,baz",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range testData {
+		ctx := FromRequest(d.request)
+		md, ok := metadata.FromContext(ctx)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected metadata for request %+v", d.request)
+		}
+		for k, v := range d.expect {
+			if val := md[k]; val != v {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected %s for key %s for expected md %+v, got md %+v", v, k, d.expect, md)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/file/file.go b/util/file/file.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e61d3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/file/file.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package file
+
+import "os"
+
+// Exists returns true if the path is existing
+func Exists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return true, err
+}
diff --git a/util/file/file_test.go b/util/file/file_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ee3fabc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/file/file_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package file
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExists(t *testing.T) {
+	ok, err := Exists("/")
+
+	if ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !ok || err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Test Exists fail, %s", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/grpc/grpc.go b/util/grpc/grpc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b06a0673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ServiceMethod converts a gRPC method to a Go method
+// Input:
+// Foo.Bar, /Foo/Bar, /package.Foo/Bar, /a.package.Foo/Bar
+// Output:
+// [Foo, Bar]
+func ServiceMethod(m string) (string, string, error) {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("malformed method name: %q", m)
+	}
+
+	// grpc method
+	if m[0] == '/' {
+		// [ , Foo, Bar]
+		// [ , package.Foo, Bar]
+		// [ , a.package.Foo, Bar]
+		parts := strings.Split(m, "/")
+		if len(parts) != 3 || len(parts[1]) == 0 || len(parts[2]) == 0 {
+			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("malformed method name: %q", m)
+		}
+		service := strings.Split(parts[1], ".")
+		return service[len(service)-1], parts[2], nil
+	}
+
+	// non grpc method
+	parts := strings.Split(m, ".")
+
+	// expect [Foo, Bar]
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("malformed method name: %q", m)
+	}
+
+	return parts[0], parts[1], nil
+}
diff --git a/util/grpc/grpc_test.go b/util/grpc/grpc_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7f30cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/grpc/grpc_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestServiceMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	type testCase struct {
+		input   string
+		service string
+		method  string
+		err     bool
+	}
+
+	methods := []testCase{
+		{"Foo.Bar", "Foo", "Bar", false},
+		{"/Foo/Bar", "Foo", "Bar", false},
+		{"/package.Foo/Bar", "Foo", "Bar", false},
+		{"/a.package.Foo/Bar", "Foo", "Bar", false},
+		{"a.package.Foo/Bar", "", "", true},
+		{"/Foo/Bar/Baz", "", "", true},
+		{"Foo.Bar.Baz", "", "", true},
+	}
+	for _, test := range methods {
+		service, method, err := ServiceMethod(test.input)
+		if err != nil && test.err == true {
+			continue
+		}
+		// unexpected error
+		if err != nil && test.err == false {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected err %v for %+v", err, test)
+		}
+		// expecter error
+		if test.err == true && err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error for %+v: got service: %s method: %s", test, service, method)
+		}
+
+		if service != test.service {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong service for %+v: got service: %s method: %s", test, service, method)
+		}
+
+		if method != test.method {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong method for %+v: got service: %s method: %s", test, service, method)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/http/http.go b/util/http/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06bff69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/http/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/selector"
+)
+
+func NewRoundTripper(opts ...Option) http.RoundTripper {
+	options := Options{
+		Registry: registry.DefaultRegistry,
+	}
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&options)
+	}
+
+	return &roundTripper{
+		rt:   http.DefaultTransport,
+		st:   selector.Random,
+		opts: options,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/http/http_test.go b/util/http/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7bfe370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/http/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry/memory"
+)
+
+func TestRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
+	m := memory.NewRegistry()
+
+	rt := NewRoundTripper(
+		WithRegistry(m),
+	)
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte(`hello world`))
+	})
+
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	go http.Serve(l, nil)
+
+	host, p, _ := net.SplitHostPort(l.Addr().String())
+	port, _ := strconv.Atoi(p)
+
+	m.Register(&registry.Service{
+		Name: "example.com",
+		Nodes: []*registry.Node{
+			{
+				Id:      "1",
+				Address: host,
+				Port:    port,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	w, err := rt.RoundTrip(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	w.Body.Close()
+
+	if string(b) != "hello world" {
+		t.Fatal("response is", string(b))
+	}
+
+	// test http request
+	c := &http.Client{
+		Transport: rt,
+	}
+
+	rsp, err := c.Get("http://example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b, err = ioutil.ReadAll(rsp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rsp.Body.Close()
+
+	if string(b) != "hello world" {
+		t.Fatal("response is", string(b))
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/util/http/options.go b/util/http/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a248e422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/http/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
+)
+
+type Options struct {
+	Registry registry.Registry
+}
+
+type Option func(*Options)
+
+func WithRegistry(r registry.Registry) Option {
+	return func(o *Options) {
+		o.Registry = r
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/http/roundtripper.go b/util/http/roundtripper.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f90ef34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/http/roundtripper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/selector"
+)
+
+type roundTripper struct {
+	rt   http.RoundTripper
+	st   selector.Strategy
+	opts Options
+}
+
+func (r *roundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	s, err := r.opts.Registry.GetService(req.URL.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	next := r.st(s)
+
+	// rudimentary retry 3 times
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		n, err := next()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		req.URL.Host = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", n.Address, n.Port)
+		w, err := r.rt.RoundTrip(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		return w, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("failed request")
+}
diff --git a/util/net/net.go b/util/net/net.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b092068f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/net/net.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package net
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Listen takes addr:portmin-portmax and binds to the first available port
+// Example: Listen("localhost:5000-6000", fn)
+func Listen(addr string, fn func(string) (net.Listener, error)) (net.Listener, error) {
+	// host:port || host:min-max
+	parts := strings.Split(addr, ":")
+
+	//
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		return fn(addr)
+	}
+
+	// try to extract port range
+	ports := strings.Split(parts[len(parts)-1], "-")
+
+	// single port
+	if len(ports) < 2 {
+		return fn(addr)
+	}
+
+	// we have a port range
+
+	// extract min port
+	min, err := strconv.Atoi(ports[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("unable to extract port range")
+	}
+
+	// extract max port
+	max, err := strconv.Atoi(ports[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("unable to extract port range")
+	}
+
+	// set host
+	host := parts[:len(parts)-1]
+
+	// range the ports
+	for port := min; port <= max; port++ {
+		// try bind to host:port
+		ln, err := fn(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", host, port))
+		if err == nil {
+			return ln, nil
+		}
+
+		// hit max port
+		if port == max {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// why are we here?
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to bind to %s", addr)
+}
diff --git a/util/net/net_test.go b/util/net/net_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9fca743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/net/net_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package net
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestListen(t *testing.T) {
+	fn := func(addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+		return net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+	}
+
+	// try to create a number of listeners
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		l, err := Listen("localhost:10000-11000", fn)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer l.Close()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/tls/tls.go b/util/tls/tls.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6df2c6e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tls/tls.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package tls
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/elliptic"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"math/big"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Certificate(host ...string) (tls.Certificate, error) {
+	priv, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P256(), rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return tls.Certificate{}, err
+	}
+
+	notBefore := time.Now()
+	notAfter := notBefore.Add(time.Hour * 24 * 365)
+
+	serialNumberLimit := new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 128)
+	serialNumber, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, serialNumberLimit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return tls.Certificate{}, err
+	}
+
+	template := x509.Certificate{
+		SerialNumber: serialNumber,
+		Subject: pkix.Name{
+			Organization: []string{"Acme Co"},
+		},
+		NotBefore: notBefore,
+		NotAfter:  notAfter,
+
+		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment | x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
+		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
+		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
+	}
+
+	for _, h := range host {
+		if ip := net.ParseIP(h); ip != nil {
+			template.IPAddresses = append(template.IPAddresses, ip)
+		} else {
+			template.DNSNames = append(template.DNSNames, h)
+		}
+	}
+
+	template.IsCA = true
+	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageCertSign
+
+	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return tls.Certificate{}, err
+	}
+
+	// create public key
+	certOut := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
+
+	// create private key
+	keyOut := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	b, err := x509.MarshalECPrivateKey(priv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return tls.Certificate{}, err
+	}
+	pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "EC PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: b})
+
+	return tls.X509KeyPair(certOut.Bytes(), keyOut.Bytes())
+}