diff --git a/lib/std/Io.zig b/lib/std/Io.zig
index b11ee66cee..ae4634c812 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io.zig
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ pub const VTable = struct {
 
     listen: *const fn (?*anyopaque, address: net.IpAddress, options: net.ListenOptions) net.ListenError!net.Server,
     accept: *const fn (?*anyopaque, server: *net.Server) net.Server.AcceptError!net.Server.Connection,
-    netRead: *const fn (?*anyopaque, src: net.Stream, dest: *Io.Writer, limit: Io.Limit) net.Stream.Reader.Error!usize,
+    netRead: *const fn (?*anyopaque, src: net.Stream, data: [][]u8) net.Stream.Reader.Error!usize,
     netWrite: *const fn (?*anyopaque, dest: net.Stream, header: []const u8, data: []const []const u8, splat: usize) net.Stream.Writer.Error!usize,
     netClose: *const fn (?*anyopaque, stream: net.Stream) void,
 };
@@ -760,6 +760,11 @@ pub const File = struct {
         }
         return index;
     }
+
+    pub fn openAbsolute(io: Io, absolute_path: []const u8, flags: OpenFlags) OpenError {
+        assert(std.fs.path.isAbsolute(absolute_path));
+        return Dir.cwd().openFile(io, absolute_path, flags);
+    }
 };
 
 pub const Timestamp = enum(i96) {
@@ -1205,7 +1210,7 @@ pub fn asyncConcurrent(
     const Args = @TypeOf(args);
     const TypeErased = struct {
         fn start(context: *const anyopaque, result: *anyopaque) void {
-            const args_casted: *const Args = @alignCast(@ptrCast(context));
+            const args_casted: *const Args = @ptrCast(@alignCast(context));
             const result_casted: *Result = @ptrCast(@alignCast(result));
             result_casted.* = @call(.auto, function, args_casted.*);
         }
@@ -1234,7 +1239,7 @@ pub fn asyncDetached(io: Io, function: anytype, args: std.meta.ArgsTuple(@TypeOf
     const Args = @TypeOf(args);
     const TypeErased = struct {
         fn start(context: *const anyopaque) void {
-            const args_casted: *const Args = @alignCast(@ptrCast(context));
+            const args_casted: *const Args = @ptrCast(@alignCast(context));
             @call(.auto, function, args_casted.*);
         }
     };
diff --git a/lib/std/Io/ThreadPool.zig b/lib/std/Io/ThreadPool.zig
index 13eb2e7695..2affcdafb3 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io/ThreadPool.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io/ThreadPool.zig
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ fn async(
         start(context.ptr, result.ptr);
         return null;
     }
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const cpu_count = pool.cpu_count catch {
         return asyncConcurrent(userdata, result.len, result_alignment, context, context_alignment, start) catch {
             start(context.ptr, result.ptr);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ fn async(
     const context_offset = context_alignment.forward(@sizeOf(AsyncClosure));
     const result_offset = result_alignment.forward(context_offset + context.len);
     const n = result_offset + result.len;
-    const closure: *AsyncClosure = @alignCast(@ptrCast(gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(AsyncClosure), n) catch {
+    const closure: *AsyncClosure = @ptrCast(@alignCast(gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(AsyncClosure), n) catch {
         start(context.ptr, result.ptr);
         return null;
     }));
@@ -309,13 +309,13 @@ fn asyncConcurrent(
 ) error{OutOfMemory}!*Io.AnyFuture {
     if (builtin.single_threaded) unreachable;
 
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const cpu_count = pool.cpu_count catch 1;
     const gpa = pool.allocator;
     const context_offset = context_alignment.forward(@sizeOf(AsyncClosure));
     const result_offset = result_alignment.forward(context_offset + context.len);
     const n = result_offset + result_len;
-    const closure: *AsyncClosure = @alignCast(@ptrCast(try gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(AsyncClosure), n)));
+    const closure: *AsyncClosure = @ptrCast(@alignCast(try gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(AsyncClosure), n)));
 
     closure.* = .{
         .func = start,
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ fn asyncDetached(
     start: *const fn (context: *const anyopaque) void,
 ) void {
     if (builtin.single_threaded) return start(context.ptr);
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const cpu_count = pool.cpu_count catch 1;
     const gpa = pool.allocator;
     const n = DetachedClosure.contextEnd(context_alignment, context.len);
-    const closure: *DetachedClosure = @alignCast(@ptrCast(gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(DetachedClosure), n) catch {
+    const closure: *DetachedClosure = @ptrCast(@alignCast(gpa.alignedAlloc(u8, .of(DetachedClosure), n) catch {
         return start(context.ptr);
     }));
     closure.* = .{
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ fn await(
     result_alignment: std.mem.Alignment,
 ) void {
     _ = result_alignment;
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const closure: *AsyncClosure = @ptrCast(@alignCast(any_future));
     closure.waitAndFree(pool.allocator, result);
 }
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ fn cancel(
     result_alignment: std.mem.Alignment,
 ) void {
     _ = result_alignment;
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const closure: *AsyncClosure = @ptrCast(@alignCast(any_future));
     switch (@atomicRmw(
         std.Thread.Id,
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ fn cancel(
 }
 
 fn cancelRequested(userdata: ?*anyopaque) bool {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = pool;
     const closure = current_closure orelse return false;
     return @atomicLoad(std.Thread.Id, &closure.cancel_tid, .acquire) == AsyncClosure.canceling_tid;
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ fn mutexUnlock(userdata: ?*anyopaque, prev_state: Io.Mutex.State, mutex: *Io.Mut
 }
 
 fn conditionWait(userdata: ?*anyopaque, cond: *Io.Condition, mutex: *Io.Mutex) Io.Cancelable!void {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     comptime assert(@TypeOf(cond.state) == u64);
     const ints: *[2]std.atomic.Value(u32) = @ptrCast(&cond.state);
     const cond_state = &ints[0];
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ fn conditionWait(userdata: ?*anyopaque, cond: *Io.Condition, mutex: *Io.Mutex) I
 }
 
 fn conditionWake(userdata: ?*anyopaque, cond: *Io.Condition, wake: Io.Condition.Wake) void {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = pool;
     comptime assert(@TypeOf(cond.state) == u64);
     const ints: *[2]std.atomic.Value(u32) = @ptrCast(&cond.state);
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ fn createFile(
     sub_path: []const u8,
     flags: Io.File.CreateFlags,
 ) Io.File.OpenError!Io.File {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
     const fs_dir: std.fs.Dir = .{ .fd = dir.handle };
     const fs_file = try fs_dir.createFile(sub_path, flags);
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ fn openFile(
     sub_path: []const u8,
     flags: Io.File.OpenFlags,
 ) Io.File.OpenError!Io.File {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
     const fs_dir: std.fs.Dir = .{ .fd = dir.handle };
     const fs_file = try fs_dir.openFile(sub_path, flags);
@@ -645,14 +645,14 @@ fn openFile(
 }
 
 fn closeFile(userdata: ?*anyopaque, file: Io.File) void {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = pool;
     const fs_file: std.fs.File = .{ .handle = file.handle };
     return fs_file.close();
 }
 
 fn pread(userdata: ?*anyopaque, file: Io.File, buffer: []u8, offset: posix.off_t) Io.File.PReadError!usize {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
     const fs_file: std.fs.File = .{ .handle = file.handle };
     return switch (offset) {
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ fn pread(userdata: ?*anyopaque, file: Io.File, buffer: []u8, offset: posix.off_t
 }
 
 fn pwrite(userdata: ?*anyopaque, file: Io.File, buffer: []const u8, offset: posix.off_t) Io.File.PWriteError!usize {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
     const fs_file: std.fs.File = .{ .handle = file.handle };
     return switch (offset) {
@@ -672,14 +672,14 @@ fn pwrite(userdata: ?*anyopaque, file: Io.File, buffer: []const u8, offset: posi
 }
 
 fn now(userdata: ?*anyopaque, clockid: posix.clockid_t) Io.ClockGetTimeError!Io.Timestamp {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
     const timespec = try posix.clock_gettime(clockid);
     return @enumFromInt(@as(i128, timespec.sec) * std.time.ns_per_s + timespec.nsec);
 }
 
 fn sleep(userdata: ?*anyopaque, clockid: posix.clockid_t, deadline: Io.Deadline) Io.SleepError!void {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     const deadline_nanoseconds: i96 = switch (deadline) {
         .duration => |duration| duration.nanoseconds,
         .timestamp => |timestamp| @intFromEnum(timestamp),
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ fn sleep(userdata: ?*anyopaque, clockid: posix.clockid_t, deadline: Io.Deadline)
 }
 
 fn select(userdata: ?*anyopaque, futures: []const *Io.AnyFuture) usize {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = pool;
 
     var reset_event: std.Thread.ResetEvent = .{};
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ fn select(userdata: ?*anyopaque, futures: []const *Io.AnyFuture) usize {
 }
 
 fn listen(userdata: ?*anyopaque, address: Io.net.IpAddress, options: Io.net.ListenOptions) Io.net.ListenError!Io.net.Server {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
 
     const nonblock: u32 = if (options.force_nonblocking) posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK else 0;
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ fn listen(userdata: ?*anyopaque, address: Io.net.IpAddress, options: Io.net.List
 }
 
 fn accept(userdata: ?*anyopaque, server: *Io.net.Server) Io.net.Server.AcceptError!Io.net.Server.Connection {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
 
     var storage: PosixAddress = undefined;
@@ -788,17 +788,20 @@ fn accept(userdata: ?*anyopaque, server: *Io.net.Server) Io.net.Server.AcceptErr
     };
 }
 
-fn netReadPosix(
-    userdata: ?*anyopaque,
-    stream: Io.net.Stream,
-    w: *Io.Writer,
-    limit: Io.Limit,
-) Io.net.Stream.Reader.Error!usize {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+fn netReadPosix(userdata: ?*anyopaque, stream: Io.net.Stream, data: [][]u8) Io.net.Stream.Reader.Error!usize {
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
 
     var iovecs_buffer: [max_iovecs_len]posix.iovec = undefined;
-    const dest = try w.writableVectorPosix(&iovecs_buffer, limit);
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    for (data) |buf| {
+        if (iovecs_buffer.len - i == 0) break;
+        if (buf.len != 0) {
+            iovecs_buffer[i] = .{ .base = buf.ptr, .len = buf.len };
+            i += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    const dest = iovecs_buffer[0..i];
     assert(dest[0].len > 0);
     const n = try posix.readv(stream.handle, dest);
     if (n == 0) return error.EndOfStream;
@@ -812,7 +815,7 @@ fn netWritePosix(
     data: []const []const u8,
     splat: usize,
 ) Io.net.Stream.Writer.Error!usize {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     try pool.checkCancel();
 
     var iovecs: [max_iovecs_len]posix.iovec_const = undefined;
@@ -866,7 +869,7 @@ fn addBuf(v: []posix.iovec_const, i: *@FieldType(posix.msghdr_const, "iovlen"),
 }
 
 fn netClose(userdata: ?*anyopaque, stream: Io.net.Stream) void {
-    const pool: *Pool = @alignCast(@ptrCast(userdata));
+    const pool: *Pool = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = pool;
     const net_stream: std.net.Stream = .{ .handle = stream.handle };
     return net_stream.close();
diff --git a/lib/std/Io/net.zig b/lib/std/Io/net.zig
index 24c310edde..6f198fc449 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io/net.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io/net.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const native_os = builtin.os.tag;
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const Io = std.Io;
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
 
 pub const ListenError = std.net.Address.ListenError || Io.Cancelable;
 
@@ -16,10 +17,233 @@ pub const ListenOptions = struct {
     force_nonblocking: bool = false,
 };
 
+/// An already-validated host name.
+pub const HostName = struct {
+    /// Externally managed memory. Already checked to be within `max_len`.
+    bytes: []const u8,
+
+    pub const max_len = 255;
+
+    pub const InitError = error{
+        NameTooLong,
+        InvalidHostName,
+    };
+
+    pub fn init(bytes: []const u8) InitError!HostName {
+        if (bytes.len > max_len) return error.NameTooLong;
+        if (!std.unicode.utf8ValidateSlice(bytes)) return error.InvalidHostName;
+        for (bytes) |byte| {
+            if (!std.ascii.isAscii(byte) or byte == '.' or byte == '-' or std.ascii.isAlphanumeric(byte)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            return error.InvalidHostName;
+        }
+        return .{ .bytes = bytes };
+    }
+
+    pub const LookupOptions = struct {
+        port: u16,
+        /// Must have at least length 2.
+        addresses_buffer: []IpAddress,
+        /// If a buffer of at least `max_len` is not provided, `lookup` may
+        /// return successfully with zero-length `LookupResult.canonical_name_len`.
+        ///
+        /// Suggestion: if not interested in canonical name, pass an empty buffer;
+        /// otherwise pass a buffer of size `max_len`.
+        canonical_name_buffer: []u8,
+        /// `null` means either.
+        family: ?IpAddress.Tag = null,
+    };
+
+    pub const LookupError = Io.Cancelable || error{};
+
+    pub const LookupResult = struct {
+        /// How many `LookupOptions.addresses_buffer` elements are populated.
+        addresses_len: usize,
+        /// Length zero means no canonical name returned.
+        canonical_name_len: usize,
+    };
+
+    pub fn lookup(host_name: HostName, io: Io, options: LookupOptions) LookupError!LookupResult {
+        const name = host_name.bytes;
+        assert(name.len <= max_len);
+        assert(options.addresses_buffer.len >= 2);
+
+        if (native_os == .windows) @compileError("TODO");
+        if (builtin.link_libc) @compileError("TODO");
+        if (native_os == .linux) {
+            if (options.family != .ip6) {
+                if (IpAddress.parseIp4(name, options.port)) |addr| {
+                    options.addresses_buffer[0] = addr;
+                    return .{ .addresses_len = 1, .canonical_name_len = 0 };
+                } else |_| {}
+            }
+            if (options.family != .ip4) {
+                if (IpAddress.parseIp6(name, options.port)) |addr| {
+                    options.addresses_buffer[0] = addr;
+                    return .{ .addresses_len = 1, .canonical_name_len = 0 };
+                } else |_| {}
+            }
+            {
+                const result = try lookupHosts(io, options);
+                if (result.addresses_len > 0) return sortLookupResults(options, result);
+            }
+            {
+                // RFC 6761 Section 6.3.3
+                // Name resolution APIs and libraries SHOULD recognize
+                // localhost names as special and SHOULD always return the IP
+                // loopback address for address queries and negative responses
+                // for all other query types.
+
+                // Check for equal to "localhost(.)" or ends in ".localhost(.)"
+                const localhost = if (name[name.len - 1] == '.') "localhost." else "localhost";
+                if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, name, localhost) and
+                    (name.len == localhost.len or name[name.len - localhost.len] == '.'))
+                {
+                    var i: usize = 0;
+                    if (options.family != .ip6) {
+                        options.addresses_buffer[i] = .{ .ip4 = .localhost(options.port) };
+                        i += 1;
+                    }
+                    if (options.family != .ip4) {
+                        options.addresses_buffer[i] = .{ .ip6 = .localhost(options.port) };
+                        i += 1;
+                    }
+                    const canon_name = "localhost";
+                    options.canonical_name_buffer[0..canon_name.len].* = canon_name.*;
+                    return sortLookupResults(options, .{ .addresses_len = i, .canonical_name_len = canon_name.len });
+                }
+            }
+            {
+                const result = try lookupDns(io, options);
+                if (result.addresses_len > 0) return sortLookupResults(options, result);
+            }
+            return error.UnknownHostName;
+        }
+        @compileError("unimplemented");
+    }
+
+    fn sortLookupResults(options: LookupOptions, result: LookupResult) !LookupResult {
+        _ = options;
+        _ = result;
+        @panic("TODO");
+    }
+
+    fn lookupDns(io: Io, options: LookupOptions) !LookupResult {
+        _ = io;
+        _ = options;
+        @panic("TODO");
+    }
+
+    fn lookupHosts(io: Io, options: LookupOptions) !LookupResult {
+        const file = Io.File.openFileAbsoluteZ(io, "/etc/hosts", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.FileNotFound,
+            error.NotDir,
+            error.AccessDenied,
+            => return,
+            else => |e| return e,
+        };
+        defer file.close();
+
+        var line_buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+        var file_reader = file.reader(io, &line_buf);
+        return lookupHostsReader(options, &file_reader.interface) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.OutOfMemory => return error.OutOfMemory,
+            error.ReadFailed => return file_reader.err.?,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn lookupHostsReader(options: LookupOptions, reader: *Io.Reader) error{ReadFailed}!LookupResult {
+        var addresses_len: usize = 0;
+        var canonical_name_len: usize = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            const line = reader.takeDelimiterExclusive('\n') catch |err| switch (err) {
+                error.StreamTooLong => {
+                    // Skip lines that are too long.
+                    _ = reader.discardDelimiterInclusive('\n') catch |e| switch (e) {
+                        error.EndOfStream => break,
+                        error.ReadFailed => return error.ReadFailed,
+                    };
+                    continue;
+                },
+                error.ReadFailed => return error.ReadFailed,
+                error.EndOfStream => break,
+            };
+            var split_it = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, line, '#');
+            const no_comment_line = split_it.first();
+
+            var line_it = std.mem.tokenizeAny(u8, no_comment_line, " \t");
+            const ip_text = line_it.next() orelse continue;
+            var first_name_text: ?[]const u8 = null;
+            while (line_it.next()) |name_text| {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, name_text, options.name)) {
+                    if (first_name_text == null) first_name_text = name_text;
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else continue;
+
+            if (canonical_name_len == 0) {
+                if (HostName.init(first_name_text)) |name_text| {
+                    if (name_text.len <= options.canonical_name_buffer.len) {
+                        @memcpy(options.canonical_name_buffer[0..name_text.len], name_text);
+                        canonical_name_len = name_text.len;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (options.family != .ip6) {
+                if (IpAddress.parseIp4(ip_text, options.port)) |addr| {
+                    options.addresses_buffer[addresses_len] = addr;
+                    addresses_len += 1;
+                    if (options.addresses_buffer.len - addresses_len == 0) return .{
+                        .addresses_len = addresses_len,
+                        .canonical_name_len = canonical_name_len,
+                    };
+                } else |_| {}
+            }
+            if (options.family != .ip4) {
+                if (IpAddress.parseIp6(ip_text, options.port)) |addr| {
+                    options.addresses_buffer[addresses_len] = addr;
+                    addresses_len += 1;
+                    if (options.addresses_buffer.len - addresses_len == 0) return .{
+                        .addresses_len = addresses_len,
+                        .canonical_name_len = canonical_name_len,
+                    };
+                } else |_| {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub const ConnectTcpError = LookupError || IpAddress.ConnectTcpError;
+
+    pub fn connectTcp(host_name: HostName, io: Io, port: u16) ConnectTcpError!Stream {
+        var addresses_buffer: [32]IpAddress = undefined;
+
+        const results = try lookup(host_name, .{
+            .port = port,
+            .addresses_buffer = &addresses_buffer,
+            .canonical_name_buffer = &.{},
+        });
+        const addresses = addresses_buffer[0..results.addresses_len];
+
+        if (addresses.len == 0) return error.UnknownHostName;
+
+        for (addresses) |addr| {
+            return addr.connectTcp(io) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                error.ConnectionRefused => continue,
+                else => |e| return e,
+            };
+        }
+        return error.ConnectionRefused;
+    }
+};
+
 pub const IpAddress = union(enum) {
     ip4: Ip4Address,
     ip6: Ip6Address,
 
+    pub const Tag = @typeInfo(IpAddress).@"union".tag_type.?;
+
     /// Parse the given IP address string into an `IpAddress` value.
     pub fn parse(name: []const u8, port: u16) !IpAddress {
         if (parseIp4(name, port)) |ip4| return ip4 else |err| switch (err) {
@@ -94,6 +318,13 @@ pub const Ip4Address = struct {
     bytes: [4]u8,
     port: u16,
 
+    pub fn localhost(port: u16) Ip4Address {
+        return .{
+            .bytes = .{ 127, 0, 0, 1 },
+            .port = port,
+        };
+    }
+
     pub const ParseError = error{
         Overflow,
         InvalidEnd,
@@ -373,7 +604,10 @@ pub const Stream = struct {
         pub fn init(stream: Stream, buffer: []u8) Reader {
             return .{
                 .interface = .{
-                    .vtable = &.{ .stream = streamImpl },
+                    .vtable = &.{
+                        .stream = streamImpl,
+                        .readVec = readVec,
+                    },
                     .buffer = buffer,
                     .seek = 0,
                     .end = 0,
@@ -384,9 +618,17 @@ pub const Stream = struct {
         }
 
         fn streamImpl(io_r: *Io.Reader, io_w: *Io.Writer, limit: Io.Limit) Io.Reader.StreamError!usize {
+            const dest = limit.slice(try io_w.writableSliceGreedy(1));
+            var data: [1][]u8 = .{dest};
+            const n = try readVec(io_r, &data);
+            io_w.advance(n);
+            return n;
+        }
+
+        fn readVec(io_r: *Reader, data: [][]u8) Io.Reader.Error!usize {
             const r: *Reader = @alignCast(@fieldParentPtr("interface", io_r));
             const io = r.io;
-            return io.vtable.netRead(io.vtable.userdata, r.stream, io_w, limit);
+            return io.vtable.netReadVec(io.vtable.userdata, r.stream, io_r, data);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Client.zig b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
index 5d6a75cb28..81bfbdcc2e 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Client.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const http = std.http;
 const mem = std.mem;
-const net = std.net;
 const Uri = std.Uri;
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const Io = std.Io;
 const Writer = std.Io.Writer;
 const Reader = std.Io.Reader;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ pub const disable_tls = std.options.http_disable_tls;
 
 /// Used for all client allocations. Must be thread-safe.
 allocator: Allocator,
+/// Used for opening TCP connections.
+io: Io,
 
 ca_bundle: if (disable_tls) void else std.crypto.Certificate.Bundle = if (disable_tls) {} else .{},
 ca_bundle_mutex: std.Thread.Mutex = .{},
@@ -225,8 +227,8 @@ pub const Protocol = enum {
 
 pub const Connection = struct {
     client: *Client,
-    stream_writer: net.Stream.Writer,
-    stream_reader: net.Stream.Reader,
+    stream_writer: Io.net.Stream.Writer,
+    stream_reader: Io.net.Stream.Reader,
     /// Entry in `ConnectionPool.used` or `ConnectionPool.free`.
     pool_node: std.DoublyLinkedList.Node,
     port: u16,
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
             client: *Client,
             remote_host: []const u8,
             port: u16,
-            stream: net.Stream,
+            stream: Io.net.Stream,
         ) error{OutOfMemory}!*Plain {
             const gpa = client.allocator;
             const alloc_len = allocLen(client, remote_host.len);
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
             client: *Client,
             remote_host: []const u8,
             port: u16,
-            stream: net.Stream,
+            stream: Io.net.Stream,
         ) error{ OutOfMemory, TlsInitializationFailed }!*Tls {
             const gpa = client.allocator;
             const alloc_len = allocLen(client, remote_host.len);
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
         }
     };
 
-    pub const ReadError = std.crypto.tls.Client.ReadError || std.net.Stream.ReadError;
+    pub const ReadError = std.crypto.tls.Client.ReadError || Io.net.Stream.ReadError;
 
     pub fn getReadError(c: *const Connection) ?ReadError {
         return switch (c.protocol) {
@@ -378,8 +380,8 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    fn getStream(c: *Connection) net.Stream {
-        return c.stream_reader.getStream();
+    fn getStream(c: *Connection) Io.net.Stream {
+        return c.stream_reader.stream;
     }
 
     pub fn host(c: *Connection) []u8 {
@@ -1409,7 +1411,7 @@ pub fn connectTcp(
 }
 
 pub const ConnectTcpOptions = struct {
-    host: []const u8,
+    host: Io.net.HostName,
     port: u16,
     protocol: Protocol,
 
@@ -1418,7 +1420,7 @@ pub const ConnectTcpOptions = struct {
 };
 
 pub fn connectTcpOptions(client: *Client, options: ConnectTcpOptions) ConnectTcpError!*Connection {
-    const host = options.host;
+    const host = options.host_name;
     const port = options.port;
     const protocol = options.protocol;
 
@@ -1431,7 +1433,7 @@ pub fn connectTcpOptions(client: *Client, options: ConnectTcpOptions) ConnectTcp
         .protocol = protocol,
     })) |conn| return conn;
 
-    const stream = net.tcpConnectToHost(client.allocator, host, port) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    const stream = host.connectTcp(client.io, port) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.ConnectionRefused => return error.ConnectionRefused,
         error.NetworkUnreachable => return error.NetworkUnreachable,
         error.ConnectionTimedOut => return error.ConnectionTimedOut,
@@ -1440,6 +1442,7 @@ pub fn connectTcpOptions(client: *Client, options: ConnectTcpOptions) ConnectTcp
         error.NameServerFailure => return error.NameServerFailure,
         error.UnknownHostName => return error.UnknownHostName,
         error.HostLacksNetworkAddresses => return error.HostLacksNetworkAddresses,
+        error.Canceled => return error.Canceled,
         else => return error.UnexpectedConnectFailure,
     };
     errdefer stream.close();
diff --git a/lib/std/net.zig b/lib/std/net.zig
index 37fe2734d5..bddb99b886 100644
--- a/lib/std/net.zig
+++ b/lib/std/net.zig
@@ -1461,15 +1461,8 @@ test parseHosts {
     try std.testing.expectFmt("127.0.0.2:1234", "{f}", .{addrs.items[0].addr});
 }
 
-pub fn isValidHostName(hostname: []const u8) bool {
-    if (hostname.len >= 254) return false;
-    if (!std.unicode.utf8ValidateSlice(hostname)) return false;
-    for (hostname) |byte| {
-        if (!std.ascii.isAscii(byte) or byte == '.' or byte == '-' or std.ascii.isAlphanumeric(byte)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
+pub fn isValidHostName(bytes: []const u8) bool {
+    _ = std.Io.net.HostName.init(bytes) catch return false;
     return true;
 }