Satcom service provider AirSatOne has added a capability to its Flightstream SA service, HTTPS web filtering. HTTPS provides protection for web access by encrypting communications between network clients and servers.

AirSatOne’s new service allows customers to “control access to the internet by restricting or granting access to not only HTTP-based, but now also HTTPS-based web pages and services,” according to the company. This includes “domain/URL blacklist and whitelist, category-based blacklisting, file-type filtering and file-size filtering.”

Flightstream SA also permits whitelisting of aviation-specific web apps that are encrypted, for example, flight-planning and weather websites, while still allowing management of passenger web access. Special-mission operators and business users can use Flightstream SA to blacklist all web sites then whitelist HTTPS-based secure websites and software, the company explained. “Flightstream SA is deployed globally at the edge of the satcom network and the public internet. Being deployed globally is important to reduce hops and latency; our backbone and its efficiency matter to passengers on your aircraft.”