Исключение произошло при сбросе данных. Что это такое и почему я это получаю?

Происходит что-то интересное. Когда я вызываю URL-адрес abc.com, адресуется сервлет, но запрос проходит через фильтр (к сервлету). Из сервлета я пытаюсь отправить запрос на страницу jsp. Но когда я пытаюсь отправить запрос, я получаю исключение: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Exception occurred when flushing data

Код фильтра

public class FirstSiteFilter implements Filter {
private FilterConfig fc;

@Override
public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException {
    this.fc = config;
}

@Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request,ServletResponse response,FilterChain chain) 
        throws ServletException,IOException {
    String IP = request.getRemoteAddr();
    request.setAttribute("client IP from the filter", IP);
    chain.doFilter(request, response);
}

@Override
public void destroy() {

}   
}

Код сервлета (запрос привязывается к этому сервлету из фильтра)

public class FW_FirstSite extends HttpServlet {


@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws ServletException, IOException {
    String IP = (String)request.getAttribute("client IP from the filter");
    request.setAttribute("Client IP", IP);
    // THE FOLLOWING TWO STATEMENTS CAUSE AN EXCEPTION
    // IF I COMMENT THEM OUT NO EXCEPTION IS THROWN BUT AN EXCEPTION IS THROWN IF I LEAVE THEM AS IT IS
    RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("index.jsp");
    rd.forward(request,response);
}
}

Почему я получаю исключение этого типа? Если вместо этого я поставлю оператор response.sendRedirect("...") после оператора request.setAttribute("client IP",IP), он сработает.

ИЗМЕНИТЬ (web.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>guestbook</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>guestbook.GuestbookServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>emailtest</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.emailtest</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>ValidateCredentials</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.ValidateCredentials</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>UploadImagesToAisle</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.UploadImagesToAisle</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandleSongLink</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandleSongLink</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>context</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.context</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandleVideoLink</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandleVideoLink</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandlePoetry</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandlePoetry</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>displaykey</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.displaykey</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>tester_writeXML</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.tester_writeXML</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>ShowBlob</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.ShowBlob</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>FW_FirstSite</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.FW_FirstSite</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>guestbook</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/guestbook</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>sign</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>guestbook.SignGuestbookServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>sign</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/sign</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandleSubmittedPoem</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandleSubmittedPoem</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandleSubmittedMessage</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandleSubmittedMessage</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>HandleSongDedicated</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>Servlets.HandleSongDedicated</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandleSubmittedPoem</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandleSubmittedPoem</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandleSubmittedMessage</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandleSubmittedMessage</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandleSongDedicated</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandleSongDedicated</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>emailtest</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/emailtest</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ValidateCredentials</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/ValidateCredentials</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>UploadImagesToAisle</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/UploadImagesToAisle</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandleSongLink</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandleSongLink</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>context</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/context</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandleVideoLink</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandleVideoLink</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>HandlePoetry</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/HandlePoetry</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>displaykey</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/displaykey</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>tester_writeXML</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/tester_writeXML</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>ShowBlob</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/ShowBlob</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>FW_FirstSite</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<filter>
    <filter-name>FirstSiteFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>Filters.FirstSiteFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>FirstSiteFilter</filter-name>
    <servlet-name>FW_FirstSite</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>



<!--
<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
-->

</web-app>