You need quite a few more method to be a net.Conn actually: http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn. Easier to just overwrite the Write(

You need quite a few more method to be a net.Conn actually: http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn http://golang.org/pkg/net/#Conn. Easier to just overwrite the Write() method like this in that case.