From what I understand, HTTPS sites that don’t enable OCSP stapling will force the visitors to visit the OCSP servers to check if the certificate is valid/revoked.
I’ve tested quite a few HTTPS sites that don’t have OCSP stapling enabled on webpagetests but none of the runs shows a ocsp connection.
Is this intentional?
Depends on the browser. Chrome (and Firefox now I believe) don’t do OCSP checks unless it’s an EV certificate.
I have an EV certificate for my website with OCSP stapling disabled, but I still don’t see any OCSP checks.
Domain is: https://www.raymond.cc
I see the OCSP check in Firefox and Chrome:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140331_VQ_4528bcd40ea9a6145f8d8e8ece910f93/
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140331_V9_0e98433e5aa7248dd6b17e64aad9867c/