NPTd woes

I don't get it. :-(

No errors are logged. I can output ntpd -ddd if somebody thinks they can 
understand it. My configuration should also be just fine; it works on 
several other machines. I'll be happy to paste it if somebody wants to 
look anyway.

egosurf root # ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  
jitter
==============================================================================
 time.nist.gov   .RSTR.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 time-a.nist.gov .RSTR.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 time-b.nist.gov .RSTR.          16 u    -  128    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 time-B.timefreq .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 time-A.timefreq .RSTR.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 time-B.timefreq .RSTR.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
 india.colorado. .RSTR.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
egosurf root # lsof -i TCP:123
egosurf root # lsof -i UDP:123
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE   DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
ntpd    7154  ntp    4u  IPv4 10402255       UDP *:ntp
ntpd    7154  ntp    5u  IPv4 10402256       UDP localhost:ntp
ntpd    7154  ntp    6u  IPv4 10402257       UDP egosurf.net:ntp
egosurf root # iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:ssh
DROP       tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:5222
DROP       tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:imap2
DROP       tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:pop3

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
egosurf root #