<h2 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h2>
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Tails learns the current time by connecting to the captive portal detection service of [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/project.org/static/hotspot.txt), which is used by most Linux distributions. This connection does not go through the Tor network and is an exception to our policy of only making Internet connections through the Tor network.
Tails learns the current time by connecting to the captive portal detection service of [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt), which is used by most Linux distributions. This connection does not go through the Tornetworkandis an exception to our policy of only making Internet connections through the Tor network.
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If public relays and default bridges don't work, Tails asks you to configure a **custom bridge**, if connecting using the default bridges fails.