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.