diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 341843f98..38c95986c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist*/
 /venv*/
 /kgs/
 /.tox/
+/releases/
 letsencrypt.log
 
 # coverage
diff --git a/tools/eff-pubkey.pem b/tools/eff-pubkey.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe6c2f5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eff-pubkey.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
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+OzQb2eyW15YFjDDEMI0ZOzt8f504obNs920lDnpPD2/KqgsfjOgw2K7xWDJIj/18
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+n9tTFh03aM+R2V/21h8aTraAS24qiPCz6gkmYGC8yr6mglcnNoYbsLNYZ69zF1XH
+cXPduCPdPdfLlzVlKK1/U7hkA28eG3BIAMh6uJYBRJTpiGgaGdPd7YekUB8S6cy+
+CQIDAQAB
+-----END PUBLIC KEY-----