During a penetration testing engagement, you are tasked with gathering as much information as possible about the target organization's internal domain structure and network resources without directly interacting with the company's network. You decide to use a tool that allows you to analyze publicly available files retrieved from the organization's website for hidden metadata and potential security lapses. Which tool facilitates the extraction and analysis of metadata from these documents to accomplish your objective?
The correct answer is FOCA, which stands for Fingerprinting Organization with Collected Archives. This tool is specifically designed to download public documents from a given domain and analyze the metadata contained within those documents to extract internal information such as network shares, domain names, user names, and more. This information can be extremely valuable during the reconnaissance phase of a penetration test. The other options provided are either not primarily used for metadata analysis or are related to different phases of penetration testing.
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