Protocol to Description

[baloian]

If you check out the website (https://thingscope.cs.columbia.edu/devices) you will notice that in the “List of protocols the device uses” section we list protocols used by the device.

Unfortunately, for non technical users protocol names don’t make sense. We would like to make it understandable for everybody. For example, to show if it is secure or not (HTTPS or HTTP). At the same time if the user wants to get more information should be able to get/see protocol names.

Your goal would be to write a TypeScript program on the backend side to convert protocols to meaningful names (or at least provide a description) and store data on the database, and modify the UI side to show the database information.