Sic

[humayun]

I needed to know what is the purpose and functionality of SIC.

Sorry for the newbie question as I am starting to just learn firewalls.
Thanks.

[humayun]

And my follow up question to this was
"How do you Establish SIC Between Checkpoint NGX R60 & Nokia firewall IP 500/700 series?

Thanks.

[kva.kva]

Try to read SmartCenter User Guide. It's very simple

"The SIC Solution
Secure communication channels between Check Point modules (such as SmartCenter Server, Enforcement modules or OPSEC modules) can be set up using Secure Internal Communication (SIC). This Check Point feature ensures that these modules can communicate freely and securely using a simple communication initialization process,
The following security measures are taken to ensure the safety of SIC:
• Certificates for authentication
• Standards-based SSL for the creation of the secure channel
• 3DES for encryption."

etc.