diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d24f8f0..d70ec85 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 mod db;
 mod log;
+mod net;
+mod message;
 
 fn main() {
     let mut db = db::get_backend("sqlite");
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f1dc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enum Message {}
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diff --git a/src/net/mod.rs b/src/net/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c68de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/net/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use crate::log::*;
+
+trait NetBackend {
+    fn start(&mut self) -> Result<(), String>;
+    fn stop(&mut self) -> Result<(), String>;
+
+    fn notify_existance(&mut self) -> Result<(), String>;
+    fn notify_shutdown(&mut self) -> Result<(), String>;
+
+    fn send(&mut self, id: &str, message: &str) -> Result<(), String>;
+}
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