timeout - https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/3234

gistfile1.js

var http = require('http');
var assert = require('assert');

var options = {
  method: 'GET',
  port: 3000,
  host: '127.0.0.1',
  path: '/'
};

var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Length':'2'});
  setTimeout(function() { res.write('*'); res.end('*') }, 20);
});

server.listen(options.port, options.host, function() {
  var req = http.request(options, onresponse);
  var timeout = false;
  req.setTimeout(10, function() {
    timeout = true;
  });

  req.end();

  function onresponse(res) {
    assert.ok(!timeout, 'Ouch');
    res.on('data', function(data) {
    });

    res.on('end', function() {
      server.close();
    });
  }
});