Nandalal, Forest Fire has been tested in simulation (not in actual deployment AFAIK), and it's fair to state that Sahana is not (yet) an application supportive...
Dear all, I was advised by a colleague today that agencies with prime responsibility for disaster victim management in Australia (State and Federal Police) now...
Hi All, We do need some usability testing done on Sahana from the point of view of NGOs users, spontaneous volunteers and emergency management folk. Don, has...
Hi All, Here with I have attached the proposed test case format for functional testing on SAHANA. People who like to work on creating test cases are warmly...
Dear all, some of our friends in Indonesia organized a workshop on "Sahana" last Friday(2nd March) with participation from Formasi, ICTWatch, Hivos, ...
... First of all i must thank all of you organizing such an event just after AS2. We are very impressed,touched with your effort and interest. ... Yes, this is...
May I add another voice in support of, and to congratulate this effort. Great work by all and excellent outcomes to date! Collaboration is at the heart of...
Hi All, Ravindra and I have come-up with a strategy to overhaul our application/database level security framework for the 0.6 release. We have decided to stick...
Hi Chamindra, Fantastic to see these aspects being considered - The most important informational security considerations of disaster managers are: Protection...
Dear all, this is just to inform this comunity that my paper was rejected by Iscram. The comments of the reviewers show that they are obviously not competent...
Thanks for your email. Just out of curiousity, did anyone else review your paper before you submitted it? It's not unusual for others to catch things that...
Hi Paola, I understand that you must be upset with this decision, however this is certainly not the forum to bring up your concerns. However since we are...
Hi Don, Thanks for sharing some examples on the need for such sensativities. ... Could you elaborate on this point. What would it take to make this a full...
... Well considering that so far Sahana has been deployed mostly by Governments and in certain instances constrained only within Government, I think they would...
Hi Paola, I had a look at these reviews, and although I am not an expert in your domain, these comments (esp. reviewer 2) seem well funded. I can understand...
Hi Chamindra, ... I don't really see it in terms of right or wrong hands - The entity disaster managers try first and foremost to protect are impacted (or...
Kreiks that was a mistake - I was not meant to post that email!!!!! I was still writing it - and thought that I just 'saved it' to finish it later (lots of...
... A number of years ago we combated a rather fierce fire-storm from a position of our backs against the fence surrounding the Lucas Heights Atomic Reactor. ...
... I get it and agree we should add this sensitivity level as it is important. However the tern "disaster sensitive" does not intuitively make me think of...
... Hi Chamindra, I was following your guide of the KISS principle in trying to bundle this important aspect under a single generic heading, but yes, I agree...
... Didieb et al from Indonesia are currently working on getting a deployment in the affected area. We have ensured our support if needed. It is great that...
Hi Don, ... Actually I was not trying to introduce three more, but rather to find an alternative name for the data sensitivity you identified. I do not mind ...
In my opinion, the secrity issues are complicated by two facts. 1. The situation in which this framework is used. If it is in a disater situation, the ...
... Done and added to the WIKI. http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php?id=dev:security Any feedback on the roles identified on the same page? ... -- Chamindra de Silva...
Hi Nandalal, ... We would have a default classification of the data fields, however our plan was to make it configurable and have a UI to allow the admin to ...