> Seeing as Linux first found major popularity as a server OS, the security risks of X weren't quite as major as they may seem. X11 was, if not the most common

> Seeing as Linux first found major popularity as a server OS, the security risks of X weren't quite as major as they may seem. X11 was, if not the most common, at least one of the most common workstation interface throughout the 1990s, when Linux, even on servers, was not as major a player as it is today, and most high-grade workstations ran a Unix variant. There were exceptions (some systems ran NeWS) but, by and large, if you did any important (so usually confidential) work back then, it was quite likely you would do it on something running X11. The risk was as major as it is today.