Question: Trudy wants to share the same key with both Alice and Bob using Diffie - Hellman. Thus, she tries to attack their key - exchange

Trudy wants to share the same key with both Alice and Bob using Diffie-Hellman. Thus, she tries to attack their key-exchange protocol in this way:
She changes (ga mod p) with (gap mod p) and sends it to Bob
She changes (gb mod p) with (gp mod p) and sends it to Alice
What will she able to achieve in this case?
Remember: 'a' is Alice's private value and 'b' is Bob's private value.
Group of answer choices
Trudy can only share a key with Alice
Trudy can only share a key with Bob
Trudy cannot share any key with Alice and Bob
Trudy can share a key with both Alice and Bob

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