diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 1cbae5d..961a526 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ disable = missing-docstring, too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
 
 [SIMILARITIES]
 
-min-similarity-lines=6
+min-similarity-lines=7
 ignore-comments=yes
 ignore-docstrings=yes
 ignore-imports=yes
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/__init__.py
index c554666..b4e7178 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+from .tfw_server_connector import TFWServerUplinkConnector, TFWServerConnector
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+from .fsm_aware_event_handler import FSMAwareEventHandler
 from .directory_snapshotting_event_handler import DirectorySnapshottingEventHandler
 from .frontend_event_handler import FrontendEventHandler
 from .fsm_managing_event_handler import FSMManagingEventHandler
 from .ide_event_handler import IdeEventHandler
 from .log_monitoring_event_handler import LogMonitoringEventHandler
 from .message_sender import MessageSender
-from .pipe_io_event_handler import PipeIOEventHandlerBase, PipeIOEventHandler
-from .pipe_io_event_handler import TransformerPipeIOEventHandler, CommandEventHandler
+#from .pipe_io_event_handler import PipeIOEventHandlerBase, PipeIOEventHandler
+#from .pipe_io_event_handler import TransformerPipeIOEventHandler, CommandEventHandler
 from .process_managing_event_handler import ProcessManagingEventHandler
 from .terminal_event_handler import TerminalEventHandler
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/directory_snapshotting_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/directory_snapshotting_event_handler.py
index 1e8c1ea..80b6b34 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/directory_snapshotting_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/directory_snapshotting_event_handler.py
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 from dateutil import parser as dateparser
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
 from tfw.components.snapshot_provider import SnapshotProvider
 from tfw.config import TFWENV
+from tfw.networking import Scope
+
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DirectorySnapshottingEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class DirectorySnapshottingEventHandler(EventHandler):
     def __init__(self, key, directories, exclude_unix_patterns=None):
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         self.snapshot_providers = {}
         self._exclude_unix_patterns = exclude_unix_patterns
         self.init_snapshot_providers(directories)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/event_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1732044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/event_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from tfw.event_handlers import EventHandlerBase
+from tfw.networking import Scope
+
+from .tfw_server_connector import TFWServerConnector
+
+
+class EventHandler(EventHandlerBase):
+    # pylint: disable=abstract-method
+    def __init__(self, key, scope=Scope.ZMQ):
+        super().__init__(key, TFWServerConnector(), scope=scope)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/frontend_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/frontend_event_handler.py
index 1a76abe..9e46869 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/frontend_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/frontend_event_handler.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from contextlib import suppress
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
+from tfw.networking import Scope
 
 from .message_sender import MessageSender
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
 
 
-class FrontendEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class FrontendEventHandler(EventHandler):
     def __init__(self):
         frontend_keys = ('message', 'queueMessages', 'dashboard', 'console')
         self._frontend_message_storage = FrontendMessageStorage(frontend_keys)
-        super().__init__((*frontend_keys, 'recover'))
+        super().__init__((*frontend_keys, 'recover'), scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
 
     def handle_event(self, message):
         self._frontend_message_storage.save_message(message)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/fsm_aware_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_aware_event_handler.py
similarity index 66%
rename from lib/tfw/event_handlers/fsm_aware_event_handler.py
rename to lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_aware_event_handler.py
index 60313df..01d8410 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/fsm_aware_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_aware_event_handler.py
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@
 
 from abc import ABC
 
-from .event_handler_base import EventHandlerBase
-from .fsm_aware import FSMAware
+from tfw.components import FSMAware
+from tfw.networking import Scope
+
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
 
 
-class FSMAwareEventHandler(EventHandlerBase, FSMAware, ABC):
+class FSMAwareEventHandler(EventHandler, FSMAware, ABC):
     # pylint: disable=abstract-method
     """
     Abstract base class for EventHandlers which automatically
     keep track of the state of the TFW FSM.
     """
-    def __init__(self, key):
-        EventHandlerBase.__init__(self, key)
+    def __init__(self, key, scope=Scope.ZMQ):
+        EventHandler.__init__(self, key, scope=scope)
         FSMAware.__init__(self)
         self.subscribe('fsm_update')
 
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_managing_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_managing_event_handler.py
index 4860f5a..a4814f9 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_managing_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/fsm_managing_event_handler.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
 from tfw.crypto import KeyManager, sign_message, verify_message
 from tfw.networking import Scope
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class FSMManagingEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class FSMManagingEventHandler(EventHandler):
     """
     EventHandler responsible for managing the state machine of
     the framework (TFW FSM).
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class FSMManagingEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
     command.
     """
     def __init__(self, key, fsm_type, require_signature=False):
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         self.fsm = fsm_type()
         self._fsm_updater = FSMUpdater(self.fsm)
         self.auth_key = KeyManager().auth_key
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/ide_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/ide_event_handler.py
index f83e27c..dd257d3 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/ide_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/ide_event_handler.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 import logging
 
 from tfw.networking import Scope
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
 from tfw.components import FileManager
 from tfw.components.inotify import InotifyObserver
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 BUILD_ARTIFACTS = (
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ BUILD_ARTIFACTS = (
 )
 
 
-class IdeEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class IdeEventHandler(EventHandler):
     # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,anomalous-backslash-in-string
     """
     Event handler implementing the backend of our browser based IDE.
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class IdeEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
         :param selected_file: file that is selected by default
         :param exclude: list of filenames that should not appear between files (for .o, .pyc, etc.)
         """
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         try:
             self.filemanager = FileManager(
                 allowed_directories=allowed_directories,
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ class IdeEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
                 f'No file(s) in IdeEventHandler working_directory "{directory}"!'
             )
 
-        self.monitor = InotifyObserver(self.filemanager.allowed_directories, exclude=BUILD_ARTIFACTS)
+        self.monitor = InotifyObserver(
+            self.filemanager.allowed_directories,
+            exclude=BUILD_ARTIFACTS
+        )
         self.monitor.on_modified = self._reload_frontend
         self.monitor.start()
 
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ class IdeEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
             'exclude':   self.exclude
         }
 
-    def _reload_frontend(self, event):
+    def _reload_frontend(self, event):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         self.server_connector.send_message({
             'key': 'ide',
             'data': {'command': 'reload'}
@@ -150,7 +154,10 @@ class IdeEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
             except IndexError:
                 data['content'] = 'No files in this directory :('
         except EnvironmentError as err:
-            LOG.error('Failed to select directory "%s". Reason: %s', data['directory'], str(err))
+            LOG.error(
+                'Failed to select directory "%s". Reason: %s',
+                data['directory'], str(err)
+            )
         return data
 
     def exclude(self, data):
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/log_monitoring_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/log_monitoring_event_handler.py
index 08f916c..85699c8 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/log_monitoring_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/log_monitoring_event_handler.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 import logging
 
 from tfw.networking import Scope
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
 from tfw.components.inotify import InotifyObserver
 from tfw.mixins.supervisor_mixin import SupervisorLogMixin
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class LogInotifyObserver(InotifyObserver, SupervisorLogMixin):
         }, Scope.BROADCAST)
 
 
-class LogMonitoringEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class LogMonitoringEventHandler(EventHandler):
     """
     Monitors the output of a supervisor process (stdout, stderr) and
     sends the results to the frontend.
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class LogMonitoringEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
     The API of each command is documented in their respective handler.
     """
     def __init__(self, key, process_name, log_tail=0):
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         self.process_name = process_name
         self._monitor = LogInotifyObserver(self.server_connector, process_name, log_tail)
         self._monitor.start()
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/message_sender.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/message_sender.py
index 4f35baa..a4ee179 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/message_sender.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/message_sender.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import TFWServerUplinkConnector
+from .tfw_server_connector import TFWServerUplinkConnector
 
 
 class MessageSender:
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/pipe_io_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/pipe_io_event_handler.py
index 9ab4db5..96bff90 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/pipe_io_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/pipe_io_event_handler.py
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ from secrets import token_urlsafe
 from threading import Thread
 from contextlib import suppress
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import EventHandlerBase
 from tfw.components.pipe_io_server import PipeIOServer, terminate_process_on_failure
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS = 0o600
 
 
-class PipeIOEventHandlerBase(EventHandlerBase):
+class PipeIOEventHandlerBase(EventHandler):
     def __init__(self, key, in_pipe_path, out_pipe_path, permissions=DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS):
         super().__init__(key)
         self.pipe_io = CallbackPipeIOServer(
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/process_managing_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/process_managing_event_handler.py
index 4c7daaa..0109e7a 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/process_managing_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/process_managing_event_handler.py
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 import logging
 from xmlrpc.client import Fault as SupervisorFault
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
+from tfw.networking import Scope
 from tfw.mixins.supervisor_mixin import SupervisorMixin, SupervisorLogMixin
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ class ProcessManager(SupervisorMixin, SupervisorLogMixin):
         return self.commands[command](process_name)
 
 
-class ProcessManagingEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class ProcessManagingEventHandler(EventHandler):
     """
     Event handler that can manage processes managed by supervisor.
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ class ProcessManagingEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
     (the names are as self-documenting as it gets)
     """
     def __init__(self, key, log_tail=0):
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         self.processmanager = ProcessManager()
         self.log_tail = log_tail
 
diff --git a/lib/tfw/builtins/terminal_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/terminal_event_handler.py
index 6d2a14a..68a6b78 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/builtins/terminal_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/builtins/terminal_event_handler.py
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from tfw.event_handlers import FrontendEventHandlerBase
+from tfw.networking import Scope
 from tfw.components import BashMonitor
 from tfw.components.terminado_mini_server import TerminadoMiniServer
 from tfw.config import TFWENV
 from tao.config import TAOENV
 
+from .event_handler import EventHandler
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TerminalEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
+class TerminalEventHandler(EventHandler):
     """
     Event handler responsible for managing terminal sessions for frontend xterm
     sessions to connect to. You need to instanciate this in order for frontend
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ class TerminalEventHandler(FrontendEventHandlerBase):
         :param key: key this EventHandler listens to
         :param monitor: tfw.components.HistoryMonitor instance to read command history from
         """
-        super().__init__(key)
+        super().__init__(key, scope=Scope.WEBSOCKET)
         self._historymonitor = BashMonitor(self.server_connector, TFWENV.HISTFILE)
         bash_as_user_cmd = ['sudo', '-u', TAOENV.USER, 'bash']
 
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/tfw_server_connector.py b/lib/tfw/builtins/tfw_server_connector.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/event_handlers/tfw_server_connector.py
rename to lib/tfw/builtins/tfw_server_connector.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/components/__init__.py
index 203f7e1..75e6531 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/__init__.py
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ from .file_manager import FileManager
 from .history_monitor import HistoryMonitor, BashMonitor, GDBMonitor
 from .snapshot_provider import SnapshotProvider
 from .terminal_commands import TerminalCommands
+from .fsm_aware import FSMAware
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/fsm_aware.py b/lib/tfw/components/fsm_aware.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/event_handlers/fsm_aware.py
rename to lib/tfw/components/fsm_aware.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/__init__.py
index 0327aef..447f617 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
 
 from .event_handler_base import EventHandlerBase
-from .frontend_event_handler_base import FrontendEventHandlerBase
-from .boradcasting_event_handler import BroadcastingEventHandler
-from .fsm_aware_event_handler import FSMAwareEventHandler
-from .tfw_server_connector import TFWServerUplinkConnector, TFWServerConnector
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/boradcasting_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/boradcasting_event_handler.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f61a9..0000000
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/boradcasting_event_handler.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
-# All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
-
-from abc import ABC
-
-from tfw.networking import Scope
-from tfw.crypto import message_checksum
-
-from .event_handler_base import EventHandlerBase
-
-
-class BroadcastingEventHandler(EventHandlerBase, ABC):
-    # pylint: disable=abstract-method
-    """
-    Abstract base class for EventHandlers which broadcast responses
-    and intelligently ignore their own broadcasted messages they receive.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, key):
-        super().__init__(key)
-        self.own_message_hashes = []
-
-    def event_handler_callback(self, message):
-        message_hash = message_checksum(message)
-
-        if message_hash in self.own_message_hashes:
-            self.own_message_hashes.remove(message_hash)
-            return
-
-        response = self.dispatch_handling(message)
-        if response:
-            self.own_message_hashes.append(message_checksum(response))
-            self.server_connector.send_message(response, Scope.BROADCAST)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/event_handler_base.py b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/event_handler_base.py
index d5bb20e..cc0be96 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/event_handler_base.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/event_handler_base.py
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
 
 import logging
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from inspect import currentframe
 from typing import Iterable
 
-from .tfw_server_connector import TFWServerConnector
+from tfw.networking import Scope
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class EventHandlerBase(ABC):
+class EventHandlerBase:
     """
     Abstract base class for all Python based EventHandlers. Useful implementation template
     for other languages.
 
     Derived classes must implement the handle_event() method
     """
-    def __init__(self, key):
-        self.server_connector = TFWServerConnector()
+    def __init__(self, key, server_connector, scope=Scope.ZMQ):
+        self.server_connector = server_connector
+        self.scope = scope
         self.keys = []
         if isinstance(key, str):
             self.keys.append(key)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class EventHandlerBase(ABC):
             self.send_message(response)
 
     def send_message(self, message):
-        self.server_connector.send_message(message)
+        self.server_connector.send_message(message, self.scope)
 
     def check_key(self, message):
         """
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class EventHandlerBase(ABC):
         """
         return self.handle_event(message)
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def handle_event(self, message):
         """
         Abstract method that implements the handling of messages.
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/frontend_event_handler_base.py b/lib/tfw/event_handlers/frontend_event_handler_base.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6990632..0000000
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handlers/frontend_event_handler_base.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from tfw.networking import Scope
-
-from .event_handler_base import EventHandlerBase
-
-
-class FrontendEventHandlerBase(EventHandlerBase):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
-    def send_message(self, message):
-        self.server_connector.send_message(message, Scope.WEBSOCKET)