wifi ssh tunnel 1st 90 seconds risk?

[dgermann]

Hi--

Have figured out how to set up a proxy using socks5 and ssh to protect my browsing, and tsocks to protect my email in wifi hotspots.

What are the risks for someone snooping on what I am doing, during the first 90 seconds or so when I am logging into the café wifi and establishing my ssh tunnel?

My system: Ubuntu 10.04 lts; FF 3.6.20; Evo 2.28.3

Thanks!

[Dangertux]

Not much so long as you're not doing aynthing else in the first 90 seconds before the tunnel is established.

[dgermann]

Dangertux--

Nothing else over the network that I would know about. I do not do im, and would not be running update-manager or any other app I can think of that would try to use the network.

Is that what you mean?

Thanks for helping me, Dangertux!