Which statement best describes this Secure Internal Communication (SIC)?

The purpose of the Communication Initialization process is to establish a trust between the Security Management Server and the Check Point gateways.

Which statement best describes this Secure Internal Communication (SIC)?

A. After successful initialization, the gateway can communicate with any Check Point node that possesses a SIC certificate signed by the same ICA.

B. Secure Internal Communications authenticates the security gateway to the SMS before http communications are allowed.

C. A SIC certificate is automatically generated on the gateway because the gateway hosts a subordinate CA to the SMS ICA.

D. New firewalls can easily establish the trust by using the expert password defined on the SMS and the SMS IP address.

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Answer: A

Explanation:

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_SecurityManag ement_AdminGuide/Topics-SECMG/Secure-Internal-Communication.htm