http://cvs.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/doc/dirmngr.texi?rev=310&root=Dirmngr&view=markup
the section about dirmngr's protocol misses to mention the "OPTION" command
and "OPTION audit-evens".
Here is a log file showing that OPTION actually is accepted as command:
2009-04-02 12:05:18 dirmngr[272] handler for fd 564 started
dirmngr[272.564] DBG: -> # Home: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\GNU\etc\dirmngr
dirmngr[272.564] DBG: -> # Config: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All
Users\Anwendungsdaten\GNU\etc\dirmngr/dirmngr.conf
dirmngr[272.564] DBG: -> OK Dirmngr 1.0.3-svn310 at your service
dirmngr[272.564] DBG: <- OPTION audit-events=1
dirmngr[272.564] DBG: -> OK