A group made to honor +Fravia.
Francesco Vianello (30 August 1952 – 3 May 2009), better known by his nickname Fravia, was a software reverse engineer and “seeker” known for his web archive of reverse engineering techniques and papers.
Fravia has been described as an inspiration for many hackers and reversers, a friend of the founder of the CCC Wau Holland, and a motivation for Jon Lech Johansen to understand the inner workings of computer programs". Johansen commented in a blog post that Fravia’s site was a goldmine during his education as a reverse engineer.
In his later years, he moved from software reversing to free software and searching the web further. His website has been described as the meeting point of the people who wanted to search the web deeper still.
In September 2008, Fravia stopped updating his site, and holding conferences after being diagnosed and receiving treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil, that unfortunately metastasized.
His site was frozen for half a year but was later updated again while Fravia was slowly recovering and focusing on GNU/Linux.
Fravia died suddenly on Sunday, 3 May 2009 at the age of 56.







