diff --git a/p2p/src/rw.rs b/p2p/src/rw.rs
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+use std::io::{self, Read, Write, Result};
+use core::ser;
+
+/// A Read implementation that counts the number of bytes consumed from an
+/// underlying Read.
+pub struct CountingRead<'a> {
+	counter: usize,
+	source: &'a mut Read,
+}
+
+impl<'a> CountingRead<'a> {
+	/// Creates a new Read wrapping the underlying one, counting bytes consumed
+	pub fn new(source: &mut Read) -> CountingRead {
+		CountingRead {
+			counter: 0,
+			source: source,
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Number of bytes that have been read from the underlying reader
+	pub fn bytes_read(&self) -> usize {
+		self.counter
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a> Read for CountingRead<'a> {
+	fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+		let r = self.source.read(buf);
+		if let Ok(sz) = r {
+			self.counter += sz;
+		}
+		r
+	}
+}
+
+/// A Read implementation that errors out past a maximum number of bytes read.
+pub struct LimitedRead<'a> {
+	counter: usize,
+	max: usize,
+	source: &'a mut Read,
+}
+
+impl<'a> LimitedRead<'a> {
+	/// Creates a new Read wrapping the underlying one, erroring once the
+	/// max_read bytes has been reached.
+	pub fn new(source: &mut Read, max_read: usize) -> LimitedRead {
+		LimitedRead {
+			counter: 0,
+			max: max_read,
+			source: source,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a> Read for LimitedRead<'a> {
+	fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+		let r = self.source.read(buf);
+		if let Ok(sz) = r {
+			self.counter += sz;
+		}
+		if self.counter > self.max {
+			Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Interrupted, "Reached read limit."))
+		} else {
+			r
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/// A Write implementation that counts the number of bytes wrote to an
+/// underlying Write.
+struct CountingWrite<'a> {
+	counter: usize,
+	dest: &'a mut Write,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Write for CountingWrite<'a> {
+	fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+		let w = self.dest.write(buf);
+		if let Ok(sz) = w {
+			self.counter += sz;
+		}
+		w
+	}
+	fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+		self.dest.flush()
+	}
+}