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SSH Tunnel can't connect - connection times out, even though regular login works

I am trying to set up an SSH tunnel with a SOCKS proxy in Firefox, so I can surf the internet securely from public wifi. Both client and server are running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. After setting up port ...
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How secure SSH dynamic port forwarding?

I'm using SSH's dynamic port forwarding to host a socks proxy on localhost. I'm trying to find out if the connection between my computer and the remote server/destination is secured. Will my ISP or ...