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You also get many advanced features using them. For example, with Ranger you can view and manage policies through web interface, view auditing information, have dynamic row and column level access control (including column masking) based on runtime attributes.
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Old default Hive Authorization (Legacy Mode)
Hive Old Default Authorization is (was default before Hive 2.0.0) is the authorization mode that has been available in earlier versions of Hive. However, this mode does not have a complete access control model, leaving many security gaps unaddressed. For example, the permissions needed to grant privileges for a user are not defined, and any user can grant themselves access to a table or database.
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