Reputation

Sentinel Network computes reputation scores for every device based on its ban history. Scores indicate the likelihood that a device is problematic — higher scores mean higher risk.

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Scoring Formula

Reputation scores are calculated based on the number of active bans of a given type. Each additional active ban increases the score rapidly at first, then approaches but never reaches 100%.

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Score Examples

The formula ensures:

• A single ban immediately produces a meaningful score (~50%)
• Scores increase rapidly with additional bans
• Scores asymptotically approach 100% but never reach it
• Revoking bans reduces the score (only active bans count)

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Score Types

Each device has two independent reputation scores:

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Scope Aggregation

Reputation is computed at two levels:

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Global Reputation

Counts only global-scope bans. Represents the device’s network-wide trust level.

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Publisher Reputation

Counts publisher and game-scope bans issued by a specific publisher. Represents trust within one publisher’s ecosystem.

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Device Check Response

The API returns the higher of the publisher-level and global-level scores (based on your policy settings). This ensures a device with a poor global reputation cannot appear clean to a publisher that has opted into global reputation visibility.

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Publisher Control

Publishers control which reputation scopes contribute to their device check responses via policy settings:

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Reputation Updates

Reputation scores are not updated synchronously during ban operations. There is a brief processing delay — typically under 1 second — before a ban is reflected in reputation scores. Reputation data is also cached, so device check responses may return slightly stale scores for up to 60 seconds after a ban operation.