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+#ifndef __REPUTATION_H__
+#define __REPUTATION_H__
+
+/** \file
+ *  \author Victor Julien
+ *
+ *  General reputation for ip's (ipv4/ipv6) and (maybe later) host names
+ */
+
+/* Reputation numbers that we can use to lookup the reps in an array */
+
+#define REPUTATION_SPAM             0   /**< spammer */
+#define REPUTATION_CNC              1   /**< CnC server */
+#define REPUTATION_SCAN            2   /**< scanner */
+#define REPUTATION_HOSTILE         3   /**< hijacked nets, RBN nets, etc */
+#define REPUTATION_DYNAMIC         4   /**< Known dial up, residential, user networks */
+#define REPUTATION_PUBLICACCESS    5   /**< known internet cafe's open access points */
+#define REPUTATION_PROXY           6   /**< known tor out nodes, proxy servers, etc */
+#define REPUTATION_P2P             7   /**< Heavy p2p node, torrent server, other sharing services */
+#define REPUTATION_UTILITY         8   /**< known good places like google, yahoo, msn.com, etc */
+#define REPUTATION_DDOS             9   /**< Known ddos participant. */
+#define REPUTATION_PHISH           10  /**< Known Phishing site. */
+#define REPUTATION_MALWARE         11  /**< Known Malware distribution site. (Hacked web server etc) */
+#define REPUTATION_ZOMBIE          12  /**< Known Zombie (botnet member) (They typically are Scanner or Hostile,
+                                             but if collaboration with botnet snooping, like we did back in
+                                             2005 or so, can proactively identify online zombies that joined a
+                                             botnet, you may want to break those out separately.) */
+#define REPUTATION_NUMBER           13  /**< number of rep types we have for data structure size */
+
+#define REPUTATION_FLAG_NEEDSYNC    0x01 /**< rep was changed by engine, needs sync with hub */
+
+typedef struct Reputation_ {
+    uint8_t reps[REPUTATION_NUMBER]; /**< array of 8 bit reputations */
+    uint8_t flags; /**< reputation flags */
+} Reputation;
+
+#endif /* __REPUTATION_H__ */