diff --git a/network/http/payload_obfuscation.go b/network/http/payload_obfuscation.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8aa6426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/http/payload_obfuscation.go
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+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the MIT License.
+// This product includes software developed at Guance Cloud (https://www.guance.com/).
+// Copyright 2021-present Guance, Inc.
+
+package http
+
+import "errors"
+
+const (
+	// PayloadObfuscationHeader is the HTTP header name carrying the payload obfuscation mode.
+	PayloadObfuscationHeader = "X-Guance-Payload-Obfuscation"
+	// PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1 identifies a mode that adds 10 modulo 256 to each of the first 256 bytes
+	// of a gzip-compressed payload, or to all bytes when the payload is shorter. The transformation is in place
+	// and allocation-free. It is obfuscation, not encryption, and does not protect against MITM attacks or tampering.
+	PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1 = "gzip-caesar-v1"
+)
+
+// ErrUnsupportedPayloadObfuscation is returned when the requested mode is not supported.
+// In this case, ObfuscatePayload and DeobfuscatePayload leave body unchanged.
+var ErrUnsupportedPayloadObfuscation = errors.New("unsupported payload obfuscation")
+
+// ObfuscatePayload obfuscates body in place using mode.
+// It does not compress body.
+func ObfuscatePayload(mode string, body []byte) error {
+	return transformPayload(mode, body, false)
+}
+
+// DeobfuscatePayload reverses ObfuscatePayload in place using mode.
+// It does not validate or decompress gzip data.
+func DeobfuscatePayload(mode string, body []byte) error {
+	return transformPayload(mode, body, true)
+}
+
+func transformPayload(mode string, body []byte, reverse bool) error {
+	const (
+		PAYLOAD_OBFUSCATION_PREFIX_LENGTH = 256
+		PAYLOAD_OBFUSCATION_CAESAR_SHIFT  = 10
+	)
+
+	if mode != PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1 {
+		return ErrUnsupportedPayloadObfuscation
+	}
+
+	for i := range body[:min(len(body), PAYLOAD_OBFUSCATION_PREFIX_LENGTH)] {
+		if reverse {
+			body[i] -= PAYLOAD_OBFUSCATION_CAESAR_SHIFT
+		} else {
+			body[i] += PAYLOAD_OBFUSCATION_CAESAR_SHIFT
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/network/http/payload_obfuscation_test.go b/network/http/payload_obfuscation_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52b26698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/http/payload_obfuscation_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the MIT License.
+// This product includes software developed at Guance Cloud (https://www.guance.com/).
+// Copyright 2021-present Guance, Inc.
+
+package http
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestPayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1SingleByte(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "X-Guance-Payload-Obfuscation", PayloadObfuscationHeader)
+	assert.Equal(t, "gzip-caesar-v1", PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1)
+
+	body := []byte{250}
+
+	require.NoError(t, ObfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{4}, body)
+
+	require.NoError(t, DeobfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{250}, body)
+}
+
+func TestPayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1RoundTripBoundaries(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, size := range []int{0, 1, 255, 256, 257, 1 << 20} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("length_%d", size), func(t *testing.T) {
+			body := make([]byte, size)
+			for i := range body {
+				body[i] = byte(i)
+			}
+			original := append([]byte(nil), body...)
+
+			require.NoError(t, ObfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+			if len(body) > 256 {
+				assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(original[256:], body[256:]), "bytes after the first 256 changed")
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, DeobfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+			assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(original, body), "round trip changed a payload of length %d", size)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPayloadObfuscationRejectsUnsupportedModeWithoutMutation(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		transform func(string, []byte) error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "obfuscate",
+			transform: ObfuscatePayload,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "deobfuscate",
+			transform: DeobfuscatePayload,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			body := []byte{0, 1, 127, 128, 254, 255}
+			original := append([]byte(nil), body...)
+
+			err := test.transform("unknown-mode", body)
+
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrUnsupportedPayloadObfuscation)
+			assert.Equal(t, original, body)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1WrapsAllByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	original := make([]byte, 256)
+	for i := range original {
+		original[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("obfuscate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := append([]byte(nil), original...)
+		expected := append(append([]byte(nil), original[10:]...), original[:10]...)
+
+		require.NoError(t, ObfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, body)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("deobfuscate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := append([]byte(nil), original...)
+		expected := append(append([]byte(nil), original[256-10:]...), original[:256-10]...)
+
+		require.NoError(t, DeobfuscatePayload(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body))
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, body)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1DoesNotAllocate(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		transform func(string, []byte) error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "obfuscate",
+			transform: ObfuscatePayload,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "deobfuscate",
+			transform: DeobfuscatePayload,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			body := make([]byte, 1024)
+			var transformErr error
+
+			allocations := testing.AllocsPerRun(1000, func() {
+				transformErr = test.transform(PayloadObfuscationGzipCaesarV1, body)
+			})
+
+			require.NoError(t, transformErr)
+			assert.Zero(t, allocations)
+		})
+	}
+}