questionable timeservers in pool.ntp.org?

The pool.ntp.org is a DNS-level load balancer. Jeff just happened to get directed to that one, the NTP pool maintainers do not care what does the server run on it's port 80 (http), only that it serves time via NTP correctly.

I just listened to episode 52 of the podcast and noticed the same thing Joel did. This server lives in the ntp.org pool of time servers. As noted by Alex, it's serving a valid time and doesn't seem to be doing anything out of spec.

This looks like a legitimate time server to me:

[hex]~% ntpdate -q gordo.foofus.net server 64.73.32.135, stratum 2, offset 21.538520, delay 0.05049 12 Jun 13:07:19 ntpdate[1098]: step time server 64.73.32.135 offset 21.538520 sec

If you're ever curious, and have ntpdate installed, you can always use the -q option to simply ask for the time without changing your clock.

It's very strange, though.

I certainly wouldn't worry about it as a time server. Everything seems fine wrt the NTP service. The web site is funny, but, as Skolima said, the ntp.org pool doesn't place any restrictions on the web site content in the pool. I have to say, I got a kick out of "Gordo's response."

Have fun