--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/lib/fko_message.c b/lib/fko_message.c
+index 7d8237b..e627b0c 100644
+--- a/lib/fko_message.c
++++ b/lib/fko_message.c
+@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ fko_set_spa_message_type(fko_ctx_t ctx, const short msg_type)
+ if(!CTX_INITIALIZED(ctx))
+ return FKO_ERROR_CTX_NOT_INITIALIZED;
+
+- if(msg_type < 0 || msg_type >= FKO_LAST_MSG_TYPE)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
++// if(msg_type < 0 || msg_type >= FKO_LAST_MSG_TYPE)
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+ ctx->message_type = msg_type;
+
+@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ fko_set_spa_message(fko_ctx_t ctx, const char *msg)
+
+ /* Gotta have a valid string.
+ */
+- if(msg == NULL || strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE) == 0)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
++// if(msg == NULL || strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE) == 0)
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+ /* --DSS XXX: Bail out for now. But consider just
+ * truncating in the future...
+ */
+- if(strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE) == MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_DATA_TOO_LARGE);
++// if(strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE) == MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE)
++ // return(FKO_ERROR_DATA_TOO_LARGE);
+
+ /* Basic message type and format checking...
+ */
+@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ fko_set_spa_message(fko_ctx_t ctx, const char *msg)
+ else
+ res = validate_access_msg(msg);
+
+- if(res != FKO_SUCCESS)
+- return(res);
++// if(res != FKO_SUCCESS)
++// return(res);
+
+ /* Just in case this is a subsquent call to this function. We
+ * do not want to be leaking memory.
+@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ validate_nat_access_msg(const char *msg)
+ int res = FKO_SUCCESS;
+ int startlen = strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+
++ return res;
++
+ if(startlen == MAX_SPA_MESSAGE_SIZE)
+ return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+diff --git a/lib/fko_nat_access.c b/lib/fko_nat_access.c
+index 03a7cad..47a0fe4 100644
+--- a/lib/fko_nat_access.c
++++ b/lib/fko_nat_access.c
+@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ fko_set_spa_nat_access(fko_ctx_t ctx, const char *msg)
+
+ /* Gotta have a valid string.
+ */
+- if(msg == NULL || strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE) == 0)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
++// if(msg == NULL || strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE) == 0)
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+ /* --DSS XXX: Bail out for now. But consider just
+ * truncating in the future...
+ */
+- if(strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE) == MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_DATA_TOO_LARGE);
++// if(strnlen(msg, MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE) == MAX_SPA_NAT_ACCESS_SIZE)
++// return(FKO_ERROR_DATA_TOO_LARGE);
+
+- if((res = validate_nat_access_msg(msg)) != FKO_SUCCESS)
+- return(res);
++// if((res = validate_nat_access_msg(msg)) != FKO_SUCCESS)
++// return(res);
+
+ /* Just in case this is a subsquent call to this function. We
+ * do not want to be leaking memory.
+diff --git a/lib/fko_user.c b/lib/fko_user.c
+index 0c909dd..7f0f7eb 100644
+--- a/lib/fko_user.c
++++ b/lib/fko_user.c
+@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ fko_set_username(fko_ctx_t ctx, const char *spoof_user)
+
+ /* Make sure it is just alpha-numeric chars and dashes
+ */
+- if(isalnum(username[0]) == 0)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
++ // if(isalnum(username[0]) == 0)
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+- for (i=1; i < strnlen(username, MAX_SPA_USERNAME_SIZE); i++)
+- if((isalnum(username[i]) == 0) && username[i] != '-')
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
++// for (i=1; i < strnlen(username, MAX_SPA_USERNAME_SIZE); i++)
++// if((isalnum(username[i]) == 0) && username[i] != '-')
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+ /* Just in case this is a subsquent call to this function. We
+ * do not want to be leaking memory.
--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/lib/fko_message.c b/lib/fko_message.c
+index 9148c2d..8ac1aca 100644
+--- a/lib/fko_message.c
++++ b/lib/fko_message.c
+@@ -221,12 +221,12 @@ validate_proto_port_spec(const char *msg)
+ if(strncmp(ndx, "tcp", 3)
+ && strncmp(ndx, "udp", 3)
+ && strncmp(ndx, "icmp", 4)
+- && strncmp(ndx, "none", 4))
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
++ && strncmp(ndx, "none", 4));
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
+
+ ndx = strchr(ndx, '/');
+- if(ndx == NULL || ((1+(ndx - msg)) > MAX_PROTO_STR_LEN))
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
++ if(ndx == NULL || ((1+(ndx - msg)) > MAX_PROTO_STR_LEN));
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
+
+ /* Skip over the '/' and make sure we only have digits.
+ */
+@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ validate_proto_port_spec(const char *msg)
+
+ /* Must have at least one digit for the port number
+ */
+- if(isdigit(*ndx) == 0)
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
++ if(isdigit(*ndx) == 0);
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
+
+ while(*ndx != '\0' && *ndx != ',')
+ {
+ port_str_len++;
+- if((isdigit(*ndx) == 0) || (port_str_len > MAX_PORT_STR_LEN))
+- return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
++ if((isdigit(*ndx) == 0) || (port_str_len > MAX_PORT_STR_LEN));
++// return(FKO_ERROR_INVALID_SPA_ACCESS_MSG);
+ ndx++;
+ }
+ return(FKO_SUCCESS);