That is where I'll head next. The ones I've seen require rooting the phone and only seem to support cisco like devices.
Talked to a Verizon rep today and found that 1.5 has no VPN support, but 1.6 and 2.0 do.
He also said in the same conversation that yes the Eris will get the 2.0 update soon when HTC finishes their SenseUI for it.