diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/ConcurrentSessionControlAuthenticatedSessionStrategy.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/ConcurrentSessionControlAuthenticatedSessionStrategy.java
index d90a77b213..5533971a44 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/ConcurrentSessionControlAuthenticatedSessionStrategy.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/ConcurrentSessionControlAuthenticatedSessionStrategy.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware;
 import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor;
-import org.springframework.security.authentication.concurrent.ConcurrentLoginException;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.concurrent.SessionInformation;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.concurrent.SessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -105,12 +104,11 @@ public class ConcurrentSessionControlAuthenticatedSessionStrategy extends Defaul
      * @param allowableSessions the number of concurrent sessions the user is allowed to have
      * @param registry an instance of the <code>SessionRegistry</code> for subclass use
      *
-     * @throws ConcurrentLoginException if the
      */
     protected void allowableSessionsExceeded(List<SessionInformation> sessions, int allowableSessions,
             SessionRegistry registry) {
         if (exceptionIfMaximumExceeded || (sessions == null)) {
-            throw new ConcurrentLoginException(messages.getMessage("ConcurrentSessionControllerImpl.exceededAllowed",
+            throw new SessionAuthenticationException(messages.getMessage("ConcurrentSessionControllerImpl.exceededAllowed",
                     new Object[] {new Integer(allowableSessions)},
                     "Maximum sessions of {0} for this principal exceeded"));
         }
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionManagementFilter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionManagementFilter.java
index 7961fde51c..c0753ecd5a 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionManagementFilter.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionManagementFilter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.DefaultRedirectStrategy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.RedirectStrategy;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationFailureHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ public class SessionManagementFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
     private SessionAuthenticationStrategy sessionStrategy = new DefaultSessionAuthenticationStrategy();
     private AuthenticationTrustResolver authenticationTrustResolver = new AuthenticationTrustResolverImpl();
     private String invalidSessionUrl;
+    private AuthenticationFailureHandler failureHandler = new SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler();
     private RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy = new DefaultRedirectStrategy();
 
     public SessionManagementFilter(SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository) {
@@ -67,13 +70,19 @@ public class SessionManagementFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
                     sessionStrategy.onAuthentication(authentication, request, response);
                 } catch (SessionAuthenticationException e) {
                     // The session strategy can reject the authentication
-                    logger.debug("SessionAuthenticationStrategy rejected the authentication object",e);
+                    logger.debug("SessionAuthenticationStrategy rejected the authentication object", e);
                     SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
+                    failureHandler.onAuthenticationFailure(request, response, e);
+
+                    return;
                 }
             } else {
              // No security context or authentication present. Check for a session timeout
                 if (request.getRequestedSessionId() != null && !request.isRequestedSessionIdValid()) {
+                    logger.debug("Requested session ID" + request.getRequestedSessionId() + " is invalid.");
+
                     if (invalidSessionUrl != null) {
+                        logger.debug("Redirecting to '" + invalidSessionUrl + "'");
                         redirectStrategy.sendRedirect(request, response, invalidSessionUrl);
                     }
                 }
@@ -95,7 +104,7 @@ public class SessionManagementFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the URL to which the response should be redirected if the user agent request and invalid session Id.
+     * Sets the URL to which the response should be redirected if the user agent requests an invalid session Id.
      * If the property is not set, no action will be taken.
      *
      * @param invalidSessionUrl
@@ -104,6 +113,17 @@ public class SessionManagementFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
         this.invalidSessionUrl = invalidSessionUrl;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The handler which will be invoked if the <tt>AuthenticatedSessionStrategy</tt> raises a
+     * <tt>SessionAuthenticationException</tt>, indicating that the user is not allowed to be authenticated for this
+     * session (typically because they already have too many sessions open).
+     *
+     */
+    public void setAuthenticationFailureHandler(AuthenticationFailureHandler failureHandler) {
+        Assert.notNull(failureHandler, "failureHandler cannot be null");
+        this.failureHandler = failureHandler;
+    }
+
     public void setRedirectStrategy(RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy) {
         this.redirectStrategy  = redirectStrategy;
     }