diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslcertstatus.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslcertstatus.t
index 9eb5116e7cf1ecf6f9974a335a28ff6f0ba44f3d..f700f92885b58ddf9e6d7ffe6721912bad4d41dd 100755
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslcertstatus.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslcertstatus.t
@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 1;
-
-#Test 1: Sending a status_request extension in both ClientHello and ServerHello
-#but then omitting the CertificateStatus message is valid
+#Test 1: Sending a status_request extension in both ClientHello and
+#ServerHello but then omitting the CertificateStatus message is valid
 $proxy->clientflags("-status");
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 1;
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->success, "Missing CertificateStatus message");
 
 sub certstatus_filter
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslextension.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslextension.t
index 1084c9674d110ec5218a7a9d8616319778f811b9..7f69f649b3d3f386e710dba3523dfd10f6c4cdb7 100755
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslextension.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslextension.t
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 3;
-
 # Test 1: Sending a zero length extension block should pass
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 3;
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->success, "Zero extension length test");
 
 sub extension_filter
@@ -111,4 +110,3 @@ $proxy->clear();
 $proxy->filter(\&inject_duplicate_extension_serverhello);
 $proxy->start();
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->fail(), "Duplicate ServerHello extension");
-
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslrecords.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslrecords.t
index beacc4ad9adb830f77290b7ea620d1ec90e62170..b0e37398fba542469fbcbfa1fd256817ccfe7fbb 100644
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslrecords.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslrecords.t
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 3;
-
 #Test 1: Injecting out of context empty records should fail
 my $content_type = TLSProxy::Record::RT_APPLICATION_DATA;
 my $inject_recs_num = 1;
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 3;
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->fail(), "Out of context empty records test");
 
 #Test 2: Injecting in context empty records should succeed
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslsessiontick.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslsessiontick.t
index aeed99c6b6f9b9bd8bee2777cd4c32113ecbedf0..89ef12f75bc45b8a905960528befdfea01a143ea 100755
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslsessiontick.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslsessiontick.t
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 10;
-
 #Test 1: By default with no existing session we should get a session ticket
 #Expected result: ClientHello extension seen; ServerHello extension seen
 #                 NewSessionTicket message seen; Full handshake
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 10;
 checkmessages(1, "Default session ticket test", 1, 1, 1, 1);
 
 #Test 2: If the server does not accept tickets we should get a normal handshake
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslskewith0p.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslskewith0p.t
index ca8dfe768190476c2275252764517bedd8f85ae4..bfdee8b739c9412c6030b07d036119d32e183a22 100755
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslskewith0p.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslskewith0p.t
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 1;
-
 #We must use an anon DHE cipher for this test
 $proxy->cipherc('ADH-AES128-SHA:@SECLEVEL=0');
 $proxy->ciphers('ADH-AES128-SHA:@SECLEVEL=0');
 
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 1;
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->fail, "ServerKeyExchange with 0 p");
 
 sub ske_0_p_filter
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_sslvertol.t b/test/recipes/70-test_sslvertol.t
index af82a8c1210a3b4d3502b51f64b1e6275a419bb6..f8c94e91dfa1fd2174aea73d8e577b6dcb175c81 100755
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_sslvertol.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_sslvertol.t
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 2;
-
 #Test 1: Asking for TLS1.3 should pass
 my $client_version = TLSProxy::Record::VERS_TLS_1_3;
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 2;
 ok(TLSProxy::Message->success(), "Version tolerance test, TLS 1.3");
 
 #Test 2: Testing something below SSLv3 should fail
diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_tlsextms.t b/test/recipes/70-test_tlsextms.t
index 25cc62738131f9aba03f2b6982555da37f74c6e8..1248594c068331fa71e324c534c6a9092aeb4aa3 100644
--- a/test/recipes/70-test_tlsextms.t
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_tlsextms.t
@@ -46,15 +46,14 @@ my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
     (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
 );
 
-plan tests => 9;
-
 #Test 1: By default server and client should send extended master secret
 # extension.
 #Expected result: ClientHello extension seen; ServerHello extension seen
 #                 Full handshake
 
 setrmextms(0, 0);
-$proxy->start();
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 9;
 checkmessages(1, "Default extended master secret test", 1, 1, 1);
 
 #Test 2: If client omits extended master secret extension, server should too.
diff --git a/test/recipes/90-test_networking.t b/test/recipes/90-test_networking.t
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f984cb908bcf6645a6c0a4c0eb657baa5b4958a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/recipes/90-test_networking.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-# Copyright 2015-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
-# this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
-# in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
-# https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
-
-use strict;
-use OpenSSL::Test qw/:DEFAULT cmdstr srctop_file bldtop_file bldtop_dir/;
-use OpenSSL::Test::Utils;
-use TLSProxy::Proxy;
-
-my $test_name = "test_networking";
-setup($test_name);
-
-plan skip_all => "TLSProxy isn't usable on $^O"
-    if $^O =~ /^(VMS|MSWin32)$/;
-
-plan skip_all => "$test_name needs the dynamic engine feature enabled"
-    if disabled("engine") || disabled("dynamic-engine");
-
-plan skip_all => "$test_name needs the sock feature enabled"
-    if disabled("sock");
-
-$ENV{OPENSSL_ia32cap} = '~0x200000200000000';
-
-my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
-    undef,
-    cmdstr(app(["openssl"]), display => 1),
-    srctop_file("apps", "server.pem"),
-    (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
-);
-
-plan tests => 2;
-
-#Test 1: Try IPv4
-$proxy->clear();
-$proxy->serverflags("-4");
-$proxy->clientflags("-4");
-$proxy->server_addr("127.0.0.1");
-$proxy->proxy_addr("127.0.0.1");
-ok(check_connection(), "Trying IPv4");
-
- SKIP: {
-     skip "No IPv6 support", 1 unless $proxy->supports_IPv6();
-
-     #Test 2: Try IPv6
-     $proxy->clear();
-     $proxy->serverflags("-6");
-     $proxy->clientflags("-6");
-     $proxy->server_addr("[::1]");
-     $proxy->proxy_addr("[::1]");
-     ok(check_connection(), "Trying IPv6");
-}
-
-sub check_connection
-{
-    eval { $proxy->start(); };
-
-    if ($@ ne "") {
-	print STDERR "Proxy connection failed: $@\n";
-	return 0;
-    }
-
-    1;
-}
diff --git a/util/TLSProxy/Proxy.pm b/util/TLSProxy/Proxy.pm
index 3b03ea9eeb2d2118b4e0de0488d86f2043e13a7d..e0ce43aa7793f647bd964546645b1d97f0d2aa2b 100644
--- a/util/TLSProxy/Proxy.pm
+++ b/util/TLSProxy/Proxy.pm
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ sub start
     }
     $self->serverpid($pid);
 
-    $self->clientstart;
+    return $self->clientstart;
 }
 
 sub clientstart
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ sub clientstart
     if ($proxy_sock) {
         print "Proxy started on port ".$self->proxy_port."\n";
     } else {
-        die "Failed creating proxy socket (".$proxaddr.",".$self->proxy_port."): $!\n";
+        warn "Failed creating proxy socket (".$proxaddr.",".$self->proxy_port."): $!\n";
+        return 0;
     }
 
     if ($self->execute) {
@@ -213,8 +214,11 @@ sub clientstart
     }
 
     # Wait for incoming connection from client
-    my $client_sock = $proxy_sock->accept()
-        or die "Failed accepting incoming connection: $!\n";
+    my $client_sock;
+    if(!($client_sock = $proxy_sock->accept())) {
+        warn "Failed accepting incoming connection: $!\n";
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     print "Connection opened\n";
 
@@ -245,7 +249,8 @@ sub clientstart
                 #Sleep for a short while
                 select(undef, undef, undef, 0.1);
             } else {
-                die "Failed to start up server (".$servaddr.",".$self->server_port."): $!\n";
+                warn "Failed to start up server (".$servaddr.",".$self->server_port."): $!\n";
+                return 0;
             }
         }
     } while (!$server_sock);
@@ -295,6 +300,7 @@ sub clientstart
               .$self->serverpid."\n";
         waitpid( $self->serverpid, 0);
     }
+    return 1;
 }
 
 sub process_packet