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Length hiding was shown to be ineffective in the article (by adding random noise). Perhaps a fixed length response would work better- or perhaps one that is heavily quantized? Really, production environments are not the place to try un-vetted academic crypto research.


> Really, production environments are not the place to try un-vetted academic crypto research.

A very salient piece of cautionary advice. Disable gzip to protect prod. Figure out what to do to allow compression off prod, and engage the devs of your stack/framework to do this correctly.




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