diff --git a/sandbox/webwork/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/webwork/AcegiDispatcherUtils.java b/sandbox/webwork/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/webwork/AcegiDispatcherUtils.java
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+/* Copyright 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.acegisecurity.webwork;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.acegisecurity.AccessDeniedException;
+import org.acegisecurity.AcegiSecurityException;
+import org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationException;
+import org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter;
+
+import com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils;
+
+/**
+ * WebWork {@link DispatcherUtils} that ignores Acegi exceptions so they can be processed by
+ * {@link ExceptionTranslationFilter}
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:carlos@apache.org">Carlos Sanchez</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class AcegiDispatcherUtils extends DispatcherUtils {
+
+    protected AcegiDispatcherUtils(ServletContext servletContext) {
+        super(servletContext);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends an HTTP error response code on any exception that it's no an Acegi {@link AuthenticationException} or
+     * {@link AccessDeniedException}
+     * 
+     * @param request the HttpServletRequest object.
+     * @param response the HttpServletResponse object.
+     * @param code the HttpServletResponse error code (see {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse} for possible
+     * error codes).
+     * @param e the Exception that is reported.
+     */
+    public void sendError(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ServletContext ctx, int code,
+            Exception e) {
+        if (devMode) {
+            super.sendError(request, response, ctx, code, e);
+        } else {
+            try {
+                // send a http error response to use the servlet defined error handler
+                // make the exception availible to the web.xml defined error page
+                request.setAttribute("javax.servlet.error.exception", e);
+
+                // for compatibility
+                request.setAttribute("javax.servlet.jsp.jspException", e);
+
+                // do not send the error response if it's an acegi exception
+                if (!isAcegiSecurityException(e)) {
+                    response.sendError(code, e.getMessage());
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e1) {
+                // we're already sending an error, not much else we can do if more stuff breaks
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if an object is an {@link AcegiSecurityException}.
+     * 
+     * @param o any object or <code>null</code>
+     * @return true if the object passed is an {@link AuthenticationException} or {@link AccessDeniedException}
+     */
+    private boolean isAcegiSecurityException(Object o) {
+        return ((o != null) && ((o instanceof AuthenticationException || o instanceof AccessDeniedException)));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/webwork/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/webwork/FilterDispatcher.java b/sandbox/webwork/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/webwork/FilterDispatcher.java
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+/* Copyright 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.acegisecurity.webwork;
+
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+
+import org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter;
+
+import com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * {@link com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher} that will setup WebWork to ignore Acegi exceptions so
+ * they can be processed by {@link ExceptionTranslationFilter}
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Set it up in your web.xml instead of WebWrok provided {@link com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher}.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:carlos@apache.org">Carlos Sanchez</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class FilterDispatcher extends com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher {
+
+    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
+        super.init(filterConfig);
+        DispatcherUtils.setInstance(new AcegiDispatcherUtils(filterConfig.getServletContext()));
+    }
+
+}