Natd question

Hello everyone,
I'm having trouble understanding how to set up the startup options for the natd daemon. Let me explain myself. I recently found out how to enable port forwarding in a quite easy way, that is writing my port_redirect rules into a conf file, killing natd and reloading it with the -f option at the end pointing to that conf file. This way I'm able to achieve Open status (instead of Moderate) in the XBox Live connection tests on my XBox 360, which is connected to the internet through the shared airport connection of my Macbook.
The fact is that natd seems to restart itself with its default settings every now and then, thus "downgrading" me back to a Moderate NAT status, which is not good enough for me. My question is: since the only thing that I add to the natd command (which is /usr/sbin/natd -alias_address 192.168.2.140 -interface en1 -use_sockets -same_ports -unregistered_only -dynamic -clamp_mss -enable_natportmap -natportmap_interface en0) is a -f flag, is there a way to set this custom flag to be loaded with the default settings?
I googled around and found out that Leopard handles its startup items such as daemons and agents differently, and all is handled through the launchd command. I haven't been able, though, to find which is the plist in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons that defines the options for the natd daemon.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Cheers,
Juan

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Question 2: After reading Apple's calibration guide, I decided to set the MacBook Pro to never go to sleep (in Energy Saver System Preference) and leave it on overnight so it would run out of power and go to sleep, then I'd leave it in that state for at least 5 hours before charging it. When I woke up, the light on the front wasn't illuminated. It usually pulsates when in Sleep. Expectedly, it wouldn't wake when pressing buttons on the keyboard. So, what's happened? Is this Safe Sleep? I didn't see any "Your Mac is on reserve battery and will shut down" dialogues or anything similar, as I was asleep! I've left it in this state while I'm at work and will charge it this afternoon. Was my described method okay for calibration or should I have done something different?
Question 3: Does it matter how quickly you drain your battery when doing a calibration? i.e is it okay to drain it quickly (by running HD video, Photo Booth with effects etc) or slowly (by leaving it idle or running light apps)?
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Fresh J

Fresh J:
A1. You're fine calibrating the battery now. You might have gotten more accurate readings during the first month if you'd done it sooner, but no harm has been done.
A2. Your machine has NOT shut down; it has done exactly what it was supposed to do. When the power became critically low, it first wrote the contents of RAM to the hard drive, then went to sleep. When the battery was completely drained some time later, the MBP went into hibernation and the slepp light stopped pulsing and turned off. In that state the machine was using no power at all, but the contents of your RAM were still saved. Once the AC adapter was connected, a press of the power button would cause those contents to be reloaded, and the machine would pick up again exactly where you left off. It is not necessary to wait for the battery to be fully charged before using the machine on AC power, but do leave the AC adapter connected for at least two hours after the battery is fully charged. Nothing that you say you've done was wrong, and nothing that you say has happened was wrong.
A3. No, it does not matter.

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I would appreciate some help pls
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ASA Version 7.2(4)
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interface Ethernet0/6
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access-list VPN_NAT extended permit ip VPN_POOL2 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
pager lines 24
logging enable
logging asdm informational
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mtu outside 1500
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icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
asdm image disk0:/asdm-524.bin
no asdm history enable
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global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_nat0_outbound
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
nat (outside) 10 access-list VPN_NAT outside
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static (inside,outside) tcp interface https EXCHANGE https netmask 255.255.255.255
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route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x 1
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timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
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aaa authentication enable console LOCAL
aaa authentication http console LOCAL
aaa authentication serial console LOCAL
aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL
aaa authentication telnet console LOCAL
aaa authorization command LOCAL
http server enable
http 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
snmp-server host inside 192.168.0.16 community public
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server community public
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set pfs group1
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA
crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map
crypto map outside_map interface outside
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crypto isakmp policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption 3des
hash sha
group 2
lifetime 86400
crypto isakmp nat-traversal 20
telnet 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
dhcp-client client-id interface outside
dhcpd dns 217.27.32.196
dhcpd address 192.168.0.100-192.168.0.200 inside
dhcpd dns 192.168.0.10 interface inside
dhcpd enable inside
group-policy DfltGrpPolicy attributes
banner none
wins-server none
dns-server none
dhcp-network-scope none
vpn-access-hours none
vpn-simultaneous-logins 3
vpn-idle-timeout 30
vpn-session-timeout none
vpn-filter none
vpn-tunnel-protocol IPSec l2tp-ipsec
password-storage disable
ip-comp disable
re-xauth disable
group-lock none
pfs disable
ipsec-udp disable
ipsec-udp-port 10000
split-tunnel-policy tunnelall
split-tunnel-network-list none
default-domain none
split-dns none
intercept-dhcp 255.255.255.255 disable
secure-unit-authentication disable
user-authentication disable
user-authentication-idle-timeout 30
ip-phone-bypass disable
leap-bypass disable
nem disable
backup-servers keep-client-config
msie-proxy server none
msie-proxy method no-modify
msie-proxy except-list none
msie-proxy local-bypass disable
nac disable
nac-sq-period 300
nac-reval-period 36000
nac-default-acl none
address-pools none
smartcard-removal-disconnect enable
client-firewall none
client-access-rule none
webvpn
functions url-entry
html-content-filter none
homepage none
keep-alive-ignore 4
http-comp gzip
filter none
url-list none
customization value DfltCustomization
port-forward none
port-forward-name value Application Access
sso-server none
svc none
svc keep-installer installed
svc keepalive none
svc rekey time none
svc rekey method none
svc dpd-interval client none
svc dpd-interval gateway none
svc compression deflate
group-policy customerVPN internal
group-policy customerVPN attributes
dns-server value 192.168.0.10
vpn-tunnel-protocol IPSec
password-storage enable
split-tunnel-policy tunnelspecified
split-tunnel-network-list value customerVPN_splitTunnelAcl
default-domain value customer.local
username xxx password 8SYsAcRU4s6DpQP1 encrypted privilege 0
username xxx attributes
vpn-group-policy TUNNEL1
username xxx password C6M4Xy7t0VOLU3bS encrypted privilege 0
username xxx attributes
vpn-group-policy PAPAGROUP
username xxx password RU2zcsRqQAwCkglQ encrypted privilege 0
username xxx attributes
vpn-group-policy customerVPN
username xxx password zfP8z5lE6WK/sSjY encrypted privilege 15
tunnel-group customerVPN type ipsec-ra
tunnel-group customerVPN general-attributes
address-pool VPN_POOL2
default-group-policy customerVPN
tunnel-group customerVPN ipsec-attributes
pre-shared-key *
tunnel-group-map default-group DefaultL2LGroup
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
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prompt hostname context
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: end
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