ECONNRESET on npm install -g with node 10.1.0

[msdsk]

I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.
• npm is producing incorrect or undesirable behavior.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

While doing npm install -g @angular/cli, npm on node 10.1.0 freezes on rxjs package and then throws an ECONNRESET error. Downgrading node fixes the issue, downgrading npm changes nothing.
There is no proxy involved and the network quality is perfect.

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

By running npm install -g @angular/cli with aforementioned versions
https://gist.github.com/msdsk/d57ed893390267a212a0562ff82b3f83

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 6.0.1
• node -v prints: 10.1.0
• npm config get registry prints: http://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: Windows
• Network issues:
  • Geographic location where npm was run: Poland
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.
• Container:
  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).

[kenany]

For what it's worth, I cannot reproduce this with the same versions of Node.js and npm, on Linux.