[lotsofcows]

That'll tunnel your http traffic which is a good start but it's worth checking out ssh -D for an easy SOCKS proxy.

[acqq]

And even more critical, it doesn't reroute DNS queries, the default is "don't redirect DNS" in Firefox and the change must be done through about:config there's no dialog.

Bad the default isn't different when using socks :(

[Nick_C]

Do you know if either of those two methods do tcp-over-tcp, or is it tcp done correctly?

[lotsofcows]

If you're using a protocol that sits on TCP and you push it over SSH sitting on TCP then it's going to be TCP-over-TCP. Or in other words, for the vast majority of use cases, no.