SIC communication is primarily based on:

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Options

• AUDP
• BIPSec
• CHTTPS
• DTLS

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• D
  94% (31)

Explanation

SIC (Secure Internal Communication) is Check Point's proprietary framework for establishing trusted, encrypted channels between Check Point components (e.g., Security Management Server and Security Gateways). It relies on TLS to authenticate and encrypt all inter-component traffic, using certificates issued during the SIC initialization process.

• A (UDP) is wrong because UDP is a connectionless, unreliable transport protocol with no built-in encryption - unsuitable for the authenticated, encrypted sessions SIC requires.
• B (IPSec) is wrong because IPSec is used for VPN tunnel encryption between networks/hosts, not for Check Point's internal management-plane communication.
• C (HTTPS) is wrong because HTTPS is HTTP layered over TLS - it's an application-layer protocol. SIC operates at the security/transport layer using TLS directly, not HTTP.

Memory tip: Both SIC and TLS share the goal of Secure communication - "SIC Trusts TLS" reminds you that Check Point's trust framework is built on the TLS handshake and certificate model.

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