diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java
index 7cd1ffd22b..55ed97f240 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<O, B extends SecurityBui
 	 * method. Subclasses may override this method to hook into the lifecycle without
 	 * using a {@link SecurityConfigurer}.
 	 */
-	protected void beforeInit() {
+	protected void beforeInit() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/builders/AuthenticationManagerBuilder.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/builders/AuthenticationManagerBuilder.java
index e77a1c16c4..36b4a97a28 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/builders/AuthenticationManagerBuilder.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/builders/AuthenticationManagerBuilder.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public class AuthenticationManagerBuilder
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ProviderManager performBuild() {
+	protected ProviderManager performBuild() throws Exception {
 		if (!isConfigured()) {
 			logger.debug("No authenticationProviders and no parentAuthenticationManager defined. Returning null.");
 			return null;
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
index 5c5976f746..46e5fce86f 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public abstract class WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter implements
 	 * Override this method to configure {@link WebSecurity}. For example, if you wish to
 	 * ignore certain requests.
 	 */
-	public void configure(WebSecurity web) {
+	public void configure(WebSecurity web) throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
index 4fc122a5cb..c752c81197 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider implements
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	protected void doAfterPropertiesSet() {
+	protected void doAfterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	public UserCache getUserCache() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler.java
index 7c547ea830..070ba6599f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler.java
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.authentication.jaas;
 
-import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
-
+import java.io.IOException;
 import javax.security.auth.callback.Callback;
+import javax.security.auth.callback.UnsupportedCallbackException;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 
 /**
  * The JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler is similar to the
@@ -58,5 +60,6 @@ public interface JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler {
 	 * @param auth The Authentication object currently being authenticated.
 	 *
 	 */
-	void handle(Callback callback, Authentication auth);
+	void handle(Callback callback, Authentication auth) throws IOException,
+			UnsupportedCallbackException;
 }
diff --git a/remoting/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/remoting/httpinvoker/AuthenticationSimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java b/remoting/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/remoting/httpinvoker/AuthenticationSimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java
index 0d225d423b..59e61d31b6 100644
--- a/remoting/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/remoting/httpinvoker/AuthenticationSimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java
+++ b/remoting/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/remoting/httpinvoker/AuthenticationSimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ public class AuthenticationSimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor extends
 	 * @param contentLength the length of the content to send
 	 *
 	 */
-	protected void doPrepareConnection(HttpURLConnection con, int contentLength) {
+	protected void doPrepareConnection(HttpURLConnection con, int contentLength)
+			throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/channel/ChannelEntryPoint.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/channel/ChannelEntryPoint.java
index 39c4575f28..b6fa10e0e8 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/channel/ChannelEntryPoint.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/access/channel/ChannelEntryPoint.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.security.web.access.channel;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ public interface ChannelEntryPoint {
 	 *
 	 */
 	void commence(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-			throws IOException;
+			throws IOException, ServletException;
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
index 776e6a3472..5f7cf4b839 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter extends GenericFilt
 	 * @throws AuthenticationException if authentication fails.
 	 */
 	public abstract Authentication attemptAuthentication(HttpServletRequest request,
-			HttpServletResponse response) throws AuthenticationException, IOException;
+			HttpServletResponse response) throws AuthenticationException, IOException,
+			ServletException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Default behaviour for successful authentication.
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationTargetUrlRequestHandler.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationTargetUrlRequestHandler.java
index a8de17a343..ab14b48241 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationTargetUrlRequestHandler.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/AbstractAuthenticationTargetUrlRequestHandler.java
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 package org.springframework.security.web.authentication;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.web.DefaultRedirectStrategy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.RedirectStrategy;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationTargetUrlRequestHandler {
 	 * The redirect will not be performed if the response has already been committed.
 	 */
 	protected void handle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
-			Authentication authentication) throws IOException {
+			Authentication authentication) throws IOException, ServletException {
 		String targetUrl = determineTargetUrl(request, response, authentication);
 
 		if (response.isCommitted()) {
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint.java
index 0dff495c20..fde6d9f97a 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint.java
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ public class LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint implements AuthenticationEntryPoin
 	 * Builds a URL to redirect the supplied request to HTTPS. Used to redirect the
 	 * current request to HTTPS, before doing a forward to the login page.
 	 */
-	protected String buildHttpsRedirectUrlForRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+	protected String buildHttpsRedirectUrlForRequest(HttpServletRequest request)
+			throws IOException, ServletException {
 
 		int serverPort = portResolver.getServerPort(request);
 		Integer httpsPort = portMapper.lookupHttpsPort(serverPort);
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/www/BasicAuthenticationFilter.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/www/BasicAuthenticationFilter.java
index 622c36e830..e5fc91940c 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/www/BasicAuthenticationFilter.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/www/BasicAuthenticationFilter.java
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ public class BasicAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 	}
 
 	protected void onSuccessfulAuthentication(HttpServletRequest request,
-			HttpServletResponse response, Authentication authResult) {
+			HttpServletResponse response, Authentication authResult) throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	protected void onUnsuccessfulAuthentication(HttpServletRequest request,
-			HttpServletResponse response, AuthenticationException failed) {
+			HttpServletResponse response, AuthenticationException failed) throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	protected AuthenticationEntryPoint getAuthenticationEntryPoint() {
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/InvalidSessionStrategy.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/InvalidSessionStrategy.java
index 925396b6da..e77390b2f2 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/InvalidSessionStrategy.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/InvalidSessionStrategy.java
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.security.web.session;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * Determines the behaviour of the {@code SessionManagementFilter} when an invalid session
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public interface InvalidSessionStrategy {
 
 	void onInvalidSessionDetected(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-			throws IOException;
+			throws IOException, ServletException;
 
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionInformationExpiredStrategy.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionInformationExpiredStrategy.java
index 02071284ac..718e1aee74 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionInformationExpiredStrategy.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/session/SessionInformationExpiredStrategy.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.security.web.session;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 
 /**
  * Determines the behaviour of the {@code ConcurrentSessionFilter} when an expired session
@@ -28,5 +29,5 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public interface SessionInformationExpiredStrategy {
 
 	void onExpiredSessionDetected(SessionInformationExpiredEvent event)
-			throws IOException;
+			throws IOException, ServletException;
 }