Parece que a resposta para o pool.ntp.org foi alterada recentemente. Isso está deixando meus servidores ntp do CentosOS 6 infelizes.
$ host pool.ntp.org
pool.ntp.org has address 0.0.0.2
pool.ntp.org has address 83.209.8.142
pool.ntp.org has address 130.236.254.17
pool.ntp.org has address 195.178.181.98
$ /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_ntp_time -H pool.ntp.org
can't create socket connection#
$ strace -f /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_ntp_time -H pool.ntp.org
...
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123), sin_addr=inet_addr("83.209.8.142")}, 16) = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) = 3
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123), sin_addr=inet_addr("130.236.254.17")}, 16) = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) = 4
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123), sin_addr=inet_addr("195.178.181.98")}, 16) = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) = 5
connect(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123), sin_addr=inet_addr("83.209.8.142")}, 16) = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP) = 6
connect(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.2")}, 16) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f6571c5b000
write(1, "can't create socket connection", 30can't create socket connection) = 30
exit_group(3) = ?
+++ exited with 3 +++
Parece que há um consenso geral sobre isso, como o Ubuntu moderno diz:
$ ping 0.0.0.2
connect: Invalid argument
Eu achei que o 0.0.0.2 é um IP válido?
UPDATE
A questão é de fato periódica e já dura vários dias (desde 2015-12-20 de acordo com meus nagios):
[12:40] host pool.ntp.org
pool.ntp.org has address 194.71.144.71
pool.ntp.org has address 79.136.86.176
pool.ntp.org has address 83.209.8.142
pool.ntp.org has address 178.73.198.130
[13:09] host pool.ntp.org
pool.ntp.org has address 194.71.144.71
pool.ntp.org has address 0.0.0.2
pool.ntp.org has address 178.73.198.130
pool.ntp.org has address 192.36.143.130
Suponho que haja uma batalha de classificação de algum tipo acontecendo.
UPDATE 2
Para os interessados, esse problema ocorre quando os RRs DNS do pool.ntp.org são consultados na Suécia.