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How to get a web application penetration test and vulnerability scan?

A client is asking for a web application penetration test and vulnerability scan before they commit to using a particular web application. Please advise where to go to for such tests and scans. Thanks.
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you can use the test tools included with visual studio or otherwise throw at the web app anything and everything and observe the results.. i.e. what the web app expects plus what it expects + a bunch of random text/values and observe the results..

Your code should have NO depeciated code i.e using gets() vs fgets(), strncpy vs strcpy, (these are susceptible to buffer overloads)
use different ports and protocols addressed at the web app and see what happens..
If you don't know exactly what you're doing forget about trying to do it yourself, least of all with just generic code debug tools.

Hire a security consultant to perform the scan.
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