The regular VPN service is intended to allow members of the campus community to access campus resources without having to be physically present on the campus. The Restricted VPN is meant to not only allow people remote access to the network, but to also enforce stricter security controls including blocking some traffic, logging all network traffic, detecting signs of unusual activity to or from the clients and using security profiles to block any malicious or vulnerability related traffic that has a rating of medium severity or higher.
As part of its monitoring service, information about the security of the host system (information like the OS, malware protections, disk encryption, and missing patches) is also monitored and recorded. As the service evolves this information will also be used to further restrict access to the network.