SSH/VPN

[Canoris]

I need an honest opinion on the following aspects of both forms of secure connection:
1. Compatibility between OSs
2. Configuration Difficulty
3. Secure?
4. Difference in Interfaces
And please use the poll to help me out even further, thanks!

[DAMINK™]

I prefer SSH however.....

The major difference is that SSH is an application layer protocol and VPN (IPSEC) is an IP layer solution. This means that one protocol maybe more appropriate to use than the other; depending on what you are trying to achieve.

Source = http://www.schumi.ch/partner/SSHvsVPN.htm