Usaid.gov is built with the following tech stack:
Document Standards
HTML5 DocType
The DOCTYPE is a required preamble for HTML5 websites.
HTML 5 Specific Tags
This page contains tags that are specific to an HTML 5 implementation.
X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is a HTTP header set by Internet Explorer 8+. This header lets domains toggle on and off the "XSS Filter" of IE8, which prevents some categories of XSS attacks.
Content Type Options
Used to disable MIME-sniffing for a particular HTTP response.
Referrer Policy
Requests made from a document, and for navigations away from that document are associated with a Referrer header. This policy determines in the browser should send a referrer or not.
Strict Transport Security
The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header instructs the browser to only use https.
SSL Certificates
HSTS
Forces browsers to only communicate with the site using HTTPS.