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Security improvement: don't reveal powered-by #2813

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6 changes: 0 additions & 6 deletions lib/application.js
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Expand Up @@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ app.defaultConfiguration = function defaultConfiguration() {
var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';

// default settings
this.enable('x-powered-by');
this.set('etag', 'weak');
this.set('env', env);
this.set('query parser', 'extended');
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onerror: logerror.bind(this)
});

// set powered by header
if (this.enabled('x-powered-by')) {
res.setHeader('X-Powered-By', 'Express');
}

// set circular references
req.res = res;
res.req = req;
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions test/req.secure.js
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ var express = require('../')
, request = require('supertest');

describe('req', function(){
it('should not reveal powered-by', function(done){
var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.send('hello world');
});

request(app)
.get('/')
.expect(function (res) {
res.header.should.not.have.property('x-powered-by');
})
.expect(200, done)
})

describe('.secure', function(){
describe('when X-Forwarded-Proto is missing', function(){
it('should return false when http', function(done){
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