Simple middleware to remove the X-Powered-By
HTTP header if it's set.
Hackers can exploit known vulnerabilities in Express/Node if they see that your site is powered by Express (or whichever framework you use). For example, X-Powered-By: Express
is sent in every HTTP request coming from Express, by default. This won't provide much security benefit (as discussed here), but might help a tiny bit. It will also improve performance by reducing the number of bytes sent.
const hidePoweredBy = require('hide-powered-by')
app.use(hidePoweredBy())
You can also explicitly set the header to something else, if you want. This could throw people off:
app.use(hidePoweredBy({ setTo: 'PHP 4.2.0' }))
Note: if you're using Express, you don't need this middleware and can just do this:
app.disable('x-powered-by')