Counterexample to the $l$-modular Belfiore-Solé Conjecture

Abstract

We show that the secrecy function conjecture that states that the maximum of the secrecy function of an $l$-modular lattice occurs at $1/\sqrt{l}$ is false, by proving that the 4-modular lattice $C^{(}4)=\mathbb{Z}\oplus \sqrt{2}\mathbb{Z}\oplus 2\mathbb{Z}$ fails to satisfy this conjecture. We also indicate how the secrecy function must be modified in the $l$-modular case to have a more reasonable chance for it to have a maximum at $1/\sqrt{l}$, and show that the conjecture, modified with this new secrecy function, is true for various odd 2-modular lattices.