private static int applySpecialScore(String passwd)
	{
		int specials = 0;
		// SPECIAL CHAR
		Matcher m = Pattern.compile(".??[:,!,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,?,_,~]").matcher(passwd);
		
		while (m.find()) // [verified] at least one special character
			{
			specials += 1;
		}
		if (specials == 1) 
		{
			log.debug("5 points for 1 special character.");
			return 5;
		}
		
		if (specials > 1) 
		{
			log.debug("10 points for at least 2 special characters.");
			return 10;
		}
		return 0;
	}