"HMQV: A High-Performance Secure Diffie-Hellman Protocol" is a seminal research paper authored by and presented at the CRYPTO 2005 conference.
Unlike protocols that use digital signatures for every session, HMQV provides "implicit" authentication, meaning only the intended recipient can actually derive the correct shared secret. HMQV: A High-Performance Secure Diffie-Hellman ...
It maintains the high efficiency of the original MQV protocol, requiring only slightly more computation than a standard unauthenticated Diffie-Hellman exchange. HMQV provides "implicit" authentication
It is designed to resist specific vulnerabilities like Key-Compromise Impersonation (KCI) and provides Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) when configured correctly. Legacy and Impact HMQV: A High-Performance Secure Diffie-Hellman ...