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Abstract

A protocol is provided for transmitting low security messages and high security messages with one-time-pad cryptosystem. In one implementation of the present invention, low security messages are encrypted using random bit strings in accordance with a one-time-pad encryption scheme. A high security message and a decoy message are embedded within a set of encryption keys and cyphertexts that is to be transmitted from a sender to a receiver. The encryption keys are transmitted over a secure channel from the sender to the receiver, and the cyphertexts are transmitted over a publicly accessible channel from the sender to the receiver. The receiver uses the encryption keys and knowledge regarding keys for a high security message and a decoy message to decrypt the low security messages, extract the high security message and/or decoy message, and decrypt the high security message and/or decoy message. The provision of the decoy message is revealed when duress is applied to coerce the receiver into revealing the key for a supposedly high security message.

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First Claim