Reject a TCP client connection in node.js

Question

I have a node.js TCP server, set up in the following fashion:

var net = require('net');

...

var gatewayTcpServer = net.createServer(gatewayServer.onGatewayClientConnection);

In order to minimise the chances of hacking / DDOS attacks, I would like to kill a connection if it receives odd data, or remains open without communicating for too long.

Is it possible to disconnect / reject the connection, using the socket that is passed to the onGatewayClientConnection delegate?

Answer 1

Further digging through the documentation reveals socket.destroy() is a thing

Ensures that no more I/O activity happens on this socket. Only necessary in case of errors (parse error or so).