diff -dupr openssh-old/sshconnect2.c openssh-5.1p1/sshconnect2.c
--- openssh-old/sshconnect2.c	2008-10-26 09:26:50.338129627 +0100
+++ openssh-5.1p1/sshconnect2.c	2008-10-26 09:26:00.524130166 +0100
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ input_userauth_banner(int type, u_int32_
 		if (len > 65536)
 			len = 65536;
 		msg = xmalloc(len * 4); /* max expansion from strnvis() */
-		strnvis(msg, raw, len * 4, VIS_SAFE|VIS_OCTAL);
+		strnvis(msg, raw, len * 4, VIS_SAFE|VIS_OCTAL|VIS_NOSLASH);
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s", msg);
 		xfree(msg);
 	}